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Definition of “quare”

quare (kwɛə Pronunciation for quare

Definitions

adjective

(Irish, dialect)
  1. remarkable or strange ⇒ a quare fellow
  2. great or good ⇒ you're in a quare mess

adverb

  1. very; remarkably ⇒ It's quare hot today.

Word Origin

probably variant of queer

Example Sentences Including 'quare'

Num-Num White (who ate biscuits all the time) spoke for all: `Who'd brave the mother, though, she's a quare hawk?
Frank Delaney Telling the Pictures
The deal also includes about 1,600 s quare kilometres of underdeveloped land.
canada.com (2004)

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Comment byCollins Dictionary (Admin) on 7 Sep 2012

'quare' (sense 3) definition based on an original suggestion by graceodriscoll made on 2012-07-19.

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