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Definition of Fairly
1. Adverb. To a moderately sufficient extent or degree. "He is fairly clever with computers"
Antonyms: Immoderately, Unreasonably
Partainyms: Moderate, Reasonable
2. Adverb. Without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner. "Deal fairly with one another"
3. Adverb. In conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating. "They played fairly"
Definition of Fairly
1. adv. In a fair manner; clearly; openly; plainly; fully; distinctly; frankly.
Definition of Fairly
1. Adverb. In a fair manner; clearly; openly; plainly; fully; distinctly; frankly. ¹
2. Adverb. Favorably; auspiciously; commodiously; as, a town fairly situated for foreign trade. ¹
3. Adverb. Honestly; properly. ¹
4. Adverb. Softly; quietly; gently. ¹
5. Adverb. partly, not fully; somewhat ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fairly
1. in a fair manner [adv]
Medical Definition of Fairly
1. 1. In a fairmanner; clearly; openly; plainly; fully; distinctly; frankly. "Even the nature of Mr. Dimmesdale's disease had never fairly been revealed to him." (Hawthorne) 2. Favorably; auspiciously; commodiously; as, a town fairly situated for foreign traade. 3. Honestly; properly. "Such means of comfort or even luxury, as lay fairly within their grasp." (Hawthorne) 4. Softly; quietly; gently. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fairly
Literary usage of Fairly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"That a series of 1000 individuals collected from one locality at one time fairly
represents, in the variation revealed by its members, the actual variation ..."
2. Report by Great Britain (1850)
"... may be that the contractor can at times only fairly afford to pay the men in
that proportion for the material produced. ..."
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