any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)

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

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lacking exceptional quality or ability; a novel of average merit; only a fair performance of the sonata; in fair health; the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average; the performance was middling at best

[ Syn: average , fair , mediocre ]