fairly
IPA: fˈɛrɫi
adverb
- (manner) In a fair manner; fair; not biased or skewed or favouring a certain party
- Favorably; auspiciously; commodiously.
- Honestly; properly.
- Softly; quietly; gently.
- (degree) Partly, not fully; somewhat.
- (dated) Almost; practically.
- (archaic) Of handwriting: neatly and legibly.
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Examples of "fairly" in Sentences
- However, that is not what the term fairly valued means.
- I mentioned the word fairly early in a conversation at his home in Princeton, N.J.
- WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: Happening now, Bill Clinton retells what he called a fairly tale.
- Marines could retake Fallujah in what they call fairly short order if those insurgent do not disarm.
- "Bloody Eyes" the Turkomans named Skobeleff, and the title fairly indicated his ruthless lust for blood.
- If the P/E 10 falls between 12 and 20, or what he terms "fairly valued," increase that rate by 0.5% to 5%.
- A little concerned about the doctor's use of the word "fairly," the man asks, "Do you think I'll live to be 80?"
- IMF Chief Economist Olivier Blanchard said world economic growth is projected to be about 4.5 percent this year and next, which he characterized as a "fairly high" growth rate.
- Or, still more so, the hocus-pocus in mathematical form, by means of which Spinoza has, as it were, clad his philosophy in mail and mask -- in fact, the "love of HIS wisdom," to translate the term fairly and squarely -- in order thereby to strike terror at once into the heart of the assailant who should dare to cast a glance on that invincible maiden, that Pallas
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