English adverb: fairly | |||
| 1. | fairly to a moderately sufficient extent or degree | ||
| Samples | Pretty big. Pretty bad. Jolly decent of him. The shoes are priced reasonably. He is fairly clever with computers. | ||
| Synonyms | jolly, middling, moderately, passably, pretty, reasonably, somewhat | ||
| Antonyms | immoderately, unreasonably | ||
| 2. | fairly without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner | ||
| Samples | Deal fairly with one another. | ||
| Synonyms | evenhandedly, fair | ||
| 3. | fairly in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating | ||
| Samples | They played fairly. | ||
| Synonyms | clean, fair | ||
| Antonyms | below the belt, unfairly | ||