[
UK
/fˈeəli/
]
[ US /ˈfɛɹɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈfɛɹɫi/ ]
ADVERB
-
in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating
they played fairly -
to certain extent or degree
pretty big
the shoes are priced reasonably
jolly decent of him
he is fairly clever with computers
pretty bad -
without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner
deal fairly with one another
How To Use fairly In A Sentence
- Like, Darren, I have a fairly uncommon name - however, there are a couple of others out there.
- I don't think they play at all fairly," Alice began, in rather a complaining tone, "and they all quarrel so dreadfully one can't hear oneself speak and they don't seem to have any rules in particular; at least, if there are, nobody attends to them -- and you've no idea how confusing it is all the things being alive; for instance, there's the arch I've got to go through next walking about at the other end of the ground -- and I should have croqueted the Queen's hedgehog just now, only it ran away when it saw mine coming! Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Oh, and most of the scathe in my post was fairly mild. chouinard and I tend to substitute perjoratives for ... everything, actually. Book Reviewer Backlash
- These require you to face manipulative individuals, relinquish your rights unfairly or be exquisitely tactful when you'd be justified in blowing up. Times, Sunday Times
- Physicians and hospitals fear the practice could unfairly penalize practitioners and say there's no way to benchmark quality accurately.
- It was a singular, unpreventable event that has unfairly tarred all businesses.
- Do you feel you have been unfairly stereotyped by the press?
- Bobileff and crew fettled and cajoled and fairly bullwhipped the old beast back together, then fired her up and into a transporter just hours before the show.
- The government also has a fairly loose definition of what constitutes a first-time homebuyer, which is defined as someone who has no "present interest" in a main home during a two-year period prior to the date of acquisition of the new home. Five Penalty-Free IRA Withdrawals
- Although the race, the last on the card, was a fairly ordinary event, it had great significance for Oliver, who was warmly greeted by racegoers.