fairly

Study(16)

UK /ˈfɛə(ɹ).li/ US /ˈfɛɹ.li/

adv 5

Collocations

ADJ.

foreign, good, high, impressive, interesting, judged, quiet, reasonable

The film received fairly impressive reviews from most critics despite its low budget.

VERB + FAIRLY

accused, acted, deal, driving, like, object, play, sounds

She acted fairly when she divided the inheritance equally among all three children.

FAIRLY + NOUN

childhood, number, people, proposal, swimmer, wife

She had a fairly happy childhood, though her family moved around quite a lot.

PREP.

in, towards, up, with

The teacher divided the chocolates fairly among all the children in the class.

Definitions

adv

In a fair manner; fair; not biased or skewed or favouring a certain party

A jury is expected to ensure that the accused is fairly judged.

Favorably; auspiciously; commodiously.

a town fairly situated for foreign trade

Honestly; properly.

Consumer laws aim to have consumers fairly treated.

10. You will be civil and attentive to passengers, giving proper assistance to ladies and children getting in or out, and never start the car before passengers are fairly received or landed.

Softly; quietly; gently.

Partly, not fully; somewhat.

The weather this weekend will be fairly dry.

My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adverb — to certain extent or degree

adverb — without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner

fair
evenhandedly

adverb — in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or ch

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

A jury is expected to ensure that the accused is fairly judged.

Wiktionary

a town fairly situated for foreign trade

Wiktionary

Consumer laws aim to have consumers fairly treated.

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Unless it's something fairly impressive, I won't remember it.

Tatoeba · #29890

That's fairly reasonable.

Tatoeba · #32980

The police car was driving at fairly high speed.

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