fairly

Adverb

Meaning

In a fair manner; clearly; openly; plainly; fully; distinctly; frankly.

Favorably; auspiciously; commodiously; as, a town fairly situated for foreign traade.

Honestly; properly.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

somewhat fair pretty reasonably moderately middling passably jolly luckily verily some just well right rather
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Antonyms

unfairly ultra unfortunately ever bitingly very
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Phrases with the word

fairly well fairly straightforward fairly clear fairly common fairly good fairly obvious

Examples

No matter how just your words may be, when you speak with anger, you ruin all: no matter how boldly you speak, how fairly reprove, or what not. John Chrysostom

I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well. Robert Benchley

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards. Oscar Wilde

A single penny fairly got, is worth a thousand that are not. German Proverb

He who pays is fairly entitled to speak his mind. French Proverb

A single penny fairly got is worth a thousand that are not. American Proverb

Close letter words and terms

fairlike fairling Fairlop fairly and squarely fairly clear fairly common