fairly (adv.)

  1. to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; pretty big; pretty bad; jolly decent of him; the shoes are priced reasonably; he is fairly clever with computers

    [ Syn: reasonably , reasonably , reasonably , reasonably , reasonably , reasonably , reasonably , reasonably , moderately , moderately , moderately , moderately , moderately , moderately , moderately , moderately , pretty , pretty , pretty , pretty , pretty , pretty , pretty , pretty , jolly , jolly , jolly , jolly , jolly , jolly , jolly , jolly , somewhat , somewhat , somewhat , somewhat , somewhat , somewhat , somewhat , somewhat , middling , middling , middling , middling , middling , middling , middling , middling , passably , passably , passably , passably , passably , passably , passably , passably , reasonably , reasonably , reasonably , reasonably , reasonably , reasonably , reasonably , reasonably , moderately , moderately , moderately , moderately , moderately , moderately , moderately , moderately , pretty , pretty , pretty , pretty , pretty , pretty , pretty , pretty , jolly , jolly , jolly , jolly , jolly , jolly , jolly , jolly , somewhat , somewhat , somewhat , somewhat , somewhat , somewhat , somewhat , somewhat , middling , middling , middling , middling , middling , middling , middling , middling , passably , passably , passably , passably , passably , passably , passably , passably , reasonably , reasonably , reasonably , reasonably , reasonably , reasonably , reasonably , reasonably , moderately , moderately , moderately , moderately , moderately , moderately , moderately , moderately , pretty , pretty , pretty , pretty , pretty , pretty , pretty , pretty , jolly , jolly , jolly , jolly , jolly , jolly , jolly , jolly , somewhat , somewhat , somewhat , somewhat , somewhat , somewhat , somewhat , somewhat , middling , middling , middling , middling , middling , middling , middling , middling , passably , passably , passably , passably , passably , passably , passably , passably , reasonably , reasonably , reasonably , reasonably , reasonably , reasonably , reasonably , reasonably , moderately , moderately , moderately , moderately , moderately , moderately , moderately , moderately , pretty , pretty , pretty , pretty , pretty , pretty , pretty , pretty , jolly , jolly , jolly , jolly , jolly , jolly , jolly , jolly , somewhat , somewhat , somewhat , somewhat , somewhat , somewhat , somewhat , somewhat , middling , middling , middling , middling , middling , middling , middling , middling , passably , passably , passably , passably , passably , passably , passably , passably ]

  2. without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner; deal fairly with one another

    [ Syn: fair , fair , evenhandedly , evenhandedly , fair , fair , evenhandedly , evenhandedly , fair , fair , evenhandedly , evenhandedly , fair , fair , evenhandedly , evenhandedly ]

  3. in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating; they played fairly

    [ Syn: fair , fair , fair , fair , clean , clean , clean , clean , fair , fair , fair , fair , clean , clean , clean , clean , fair , fair , fair , fair , clean , clean , clean , clean , fair , fair , fair , fair , clean , clean , clean , clean ]

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