Word Finder - fairly

definition

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

example

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

synonyms

• frankly
• justly

definition

Favorably; auspiciously; commodiously.

example

a town fairly situated for foreign trade

definition

Honestly; properly.

example

Consumer laws aim to have consumers fairly treated.

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Softly; quietly; gently.

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(degree) Partly, not fully; somewhat.

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The weather this weekend will be fairly dry.

synonyms

• pretty
• quite
• somewhat

definition

Almost; practically.

He was cast out of the Immortal world fairly young.

His voice fairly boomed over the phone.

Of this, I am fairly certain.

When she found her voice, it fairly dripped with sarcasm.

The ride starts out fairly flat and then climbs—Wolfe Creek Pass at 10,850 feet, Poncha Pass at 9,019, Fremont at 11,318 and finally Loveland Pass at 11,992 feet.

When her fingers light upon words she knows, she fairly screams with pleasure and hugs and kisses me for joy, especially if she thinks she has me beaten.

Actually, 250 combined pounds would be a fairly accurate figure.

On the eastern side it presents a fairly continuous escarpment.

Remember now, split it fairly.

It may perhaps be fairly said that materialism is at present a necessary methodological postulate of natural-scientific inquiry.

To secure fairly uniform efficiency in the various corps, and also as a means of unifying Italy, Piedmontese, Umbrians and Neapolitans are mixed in the same corps and sleep in the same barrack room.

In the latter part of his career his main object was to raise the prestige of Russia by undoing the results of the Crimean War, and it may fairly be said that he in great measure succeeded.

While Martha is my kindred spirit, Quinn and I always got along fairly well the few times we're all gotten together.

It can be moved (by its own locomotive power, if desired) long distances without requiring any complicated means of conveying power to it; and it is rapid in work, fairly economical, and can be adapted to the most varying circumstances.

A fairly skilled operator can signal with it.

The latter was so wide in its scope that it might fairly be held to supersede the former in so far as the two were inconsistent.

The coasts are fairly indented, and, protected by these reefs, which often support a chain of green islets, afford many good harbours and safe anchorages.

On the whole, the new Duma was fairly representative of the changed temper of the Russian people, disillusioned and weary of anarchy.

The no-frills dining room is fairly plain, but the food is anything but.

He chose a fairly level route as time away from the sport called for a breaking-in period.

However, he was pleased to keep up a fairly respectable pace, at least a few notches above the embarrassing level.

The minute insects included in it, which haunt blossoms and leaves, are fairly well known to gardeners by the name Thrips, a generic term used by Linnaeus for the four species of the group which he had examined and relegated to the order Hemiptera.

With the exception of a narrow strip along the Canadian frontier, thunderstorm frequency is fairly high over the whole of the United States to the east of the tooth meridian.

The vessels then proceeded northward without finding any traces of the object of their search, but, at the same time, making fairly accurate charts of the coast-line.

The raising of cattle, pigs and sheep is a fairly important branch of industry throughout the duchy; horses are bred in Kamburg.

A good example of a fairly typical case is afforded by Heterodera schachtii, which attacks beetroot and causes great loss to the Continental sugar manufacturers.

Except as to the marrying age, these figures fairly apply to women.

Can the choice be fairly stated?

The tea plant thrives and is being planted fairly rapidly on the Black Sea littoral in Transcaucasia.

And these proportions represent fairly well the tonnages entering and clearing at the ports of these respective seas.

Thus it may fairly be said that the railway system of the United States was reconstructed between 1896 and 1905, so far as concerns rails, sleepers, ballast and the general capacity of a given group of lines to perform work.

Table Viii.-Paid-Up Capital, 1908 The table excludes sidings, because they cannot fairly be compared with running tracks, mile for mile.

It has many advantages for heavy high-speed service, namely, large and well-proportioned boiler, practically unlimited grate area, fire-box of favourable proportions for firing, fairly low centre of gravity, short coupling-rods, and, finally, a combination of the safe and smooth riding qualities of the fourcoupled bogie type, with great steaming capacity and moderate axle loads.

These lands are fairly healthy, the principal drawback being the virulent form assumed by simple epidemic maladies.

Wolves do not catch their prey by lying in ambush, or stealing up close and making a sudden spring, but by fairly running it down in open chase, which their speed and remarkable endurance enable them to do.

The third part of John's history, which is a detailed account of the ecclesiastical events which happened in 571-585, as well as of some earlier occurrences, survives in a fairly complete state in Add.

In Persia Jews are often the victims of popular outbursts as well as of official extortion, but there are fairly prosperous communities at Bushire, Isfahan, Teheran and Kashan (in Shiraz they are in low estate).

The Vicksburg formation lies next in order south-west, in a narrow strip of fairly regular width which alone of the Tertiary formations runs as far west as the Mississippi River; it is probably nowhere more than 110 ft.

He has won the race, and won it fairly; but what can a horse of flesh do against a tireless beast of wood?

Even people who know her fairly well have written in the magazines about Miss Sullivan's "mysterious telegraphic communications" with her pupil.

Howie surprised us all by buying a fairly large home north west of town on the Old Walpole Road.

I gave the fool very clear directions, not to here but a highway pull off fairly close by.

You denied me, despite what I'd call a fairly strong relationship.

Miriam wanted to return to the hotel fairly early since she had an early flight.

He was in fairly good shape, thanks mostly to weekend biking more than any innate athletic ability.

After the young couple took their key and fairly skipped away, the old man retreated to the back room, leaving Dean alone with the stack of registration forms.

She started to hang up before Dean fairly yelled for her to wait.

The bay forms a fairly regular curve, broken on the French seaboard only by the estuaries of the Loire, Garonne, Adour and..

Also, whilst the winter values of a i are fairly similar at the several stations the summer values are widely different.

Owing to observational difficulties, the exact measure of success attained is a little difficult to gauge, but it seems fairly certain that raindrops usually carry a charge.