 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
fairly
adverb
1: to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "the shoes are
priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with
computers"; "they lived comfortably within reason"
[syn: {reasonably}, {moderately}, {within reason}, {somewhat},
{middling}, {passably}] [ant: {unreasonably}, {unreasonably}]
2: in a fair evenhanded manner; "deal fairly with one another"
[syn: {fair}, {without favoring one party}, {without
favouring one party}, {evenhandedly}]
3: in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or
cheating; "they played fairly" [syn: {fair}, {clean}]
[ant: {unfairly}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fairly \Fair"ly\, adverb
1. In a fair manner; clearly; openly; plainly; fully;
distinctly; frankly.
Even the nature of Mr. Dimmesdale's disease had
never fairly been revealed to him. --Hawthorne.
2. Favorably; auspiciously; commodiously; as, a town fairly
situated for foreign trade.
3. Honestly; properly.
Such means of comfort or even luxury, as lay fairly
within their grasp. --Hawthorne.
4. Softly; quietly; gently. [Obs.] --Milton.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
109 Moby Thesaurus words for "fairly":
a bit, a little, absolutely, acceptably, actually, adequately,
after a fashion, appreciably, at any rate, at best, at least,
at most, at the least, at the most, at the outside, at worst,
comparatively, completely, decently, decipherably, deservedly,
detectably, disinterestedly, dispassionately, duly, equally,
equitably, evenly, extremely, fair, fair to middling, fairishly,
fairly well, honestly, impartially, impersonally, in a manner,
in a measure, in a way, in part, in some measure, incompletely,
indifferently, justifiably, justifiedly, justly, kind of,
leastwise, legibly, mediocrely, meetly, merely, middling well,
middlingly, mildly, moderately, modestly, more or less,
not comprehensively, not exhaustively, objectively, only, part,
partially, partly, passably, positively, presentably, pretty,
pretty well, pro tanto, properly, purely, quite, rather, readably,
really, relatively, respectably, rightfully, rightly,
satisfactorily, scarcely, simply, slightly, so far, so-so, some,
something, somewhat, sort of, sufficiently, thus far, to a degree,
to some degree, to some extent, tolerably, totally,
unexceptionably, upon even terms, utterly, veritably, very,
virtually, visibly, warrantably, warrantedly, well enough,
without distinction
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