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Fairly

Definition: Fairly

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".

2. In a fair evenhanded manner; "deal fairly with one another".

3. In conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating; "they played fairly".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "fairly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

 

Synonyms: Fairly

Synonyms: clean (adv), evenhandedly (adv), fair (adv), middling (adv), moderately (adv), passably (adv), reasonably (adv), somewhat (adv), within reason (adv), without favoring one party (adv). (additional references)
Antonyms: unfairly (adv), unreasonably (adv). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Fairly

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Intrinsicality

Adverb: intrinsically; Adjective: at bottom, in the main, in effect, practically, virtually, substantially, au fond; fairly.

Mediocrity

Verb: jog on; go fairly, go quietly, go peaceably, go tolerably, go respectably, get on fairly, get on quietly, get on peaceably, get on tolerably, get on respectably.

Nomenclature

Adjective: named; Verb: hight, ycleped, known as; what one may well, call fairly, call properly, call fitly.

Probity

Verb: be honorable; Adjective: deal honorably, deal squarely, deal impartially, deal fairly; speak the truth; (veracity); draw a straight furrow; tell the truth and shame the Devil, vitam impendere vero; show a proper spirit, make a point of; do one's duty; (virtue).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Fairly

English words defined with "fairly": abaft, about, aft, ample, approximately, around, asternBermuda cedarclimbing hydrangea, close toDanaea, deal, do justice, do-well byevenhandedlyfair, flashing point, French heelgenus DanaeaHydrangea anomalaindifferentJuniperus bermudiana, just aboutlarge, liparismiddling, mismatched, moderately, more or lessor sopassably, pigmy talinumreasonably, romp, roughlysame, schnauzer, significant, sizable, sizeable, some, somewhat, substantialTalinum brevifolium, thickly, To bolt to the bran, To deal by, To get the best ofunevenwithin reason, without favoring one party. (references)
Specialty definitions using "fairly": Abram-colour, ACANTHOCEREUS PITAJAYA, adiabatic region, adverse opinionbroken ice, BRS, Bupropioncaustobiolith, clarite, close sizing, Common Lisp, convective region, Craelius drilling machine, crude wax, CUSTOM-HOUSE GOODSdiffuse-porous, Dolly Murrey, durite, Dying SayingsEBCDIC, electric shovel, E-region, exsolution texturefiddle-back, Fighting the TigerGeothermal energy, grain sizeheater drain pump, HPLinstruction setJames' DSSSL Enginekamacitelevel 2 actions, LL, lump icemediocris, microcode, mudlinenatural park, nitroglycerin powder, NPN processoverhand cut-and-fillpetroleum wax, Pit, pneumatic conveying, Portable Scheme Interpreter, pyrobitumenReliability, Availability, Serviceabilitysecular carbon dioxide trend, Shandean Exactness, single-toggle jaw crusher, slack wax, Slumland, straight dynamites, Surface miningterra cotta clay, To FLING, TO WELL, TYMNETUnix manual pageVerminWakefield sheet pile, wavy figure, wavy grain, WellbutrinXMODEM. (references)

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Modern Usage: Fairly

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I I I'm fairly alarmed here (Jurassic Park; writing credit: Michael Crichton)

I got people stuck in places they haven't even considered how to get out of yet. You don't think I can come up with something good? Can you envision some fairly unattractive alternatives (Good Morning, Vietnam; writing credit: Mitch Markowitz)

Sure, I'm not funny anymore. There's more to life than making shallow, fairly obvious observations (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

I'm fairly certain I said no interruptions (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

We're smart women, we're fairly attractive (Ally McBeal; writing credit: Henri Vernes)

Lyrics

I'm fairly ripped now (Ugly; performing artist: Bubba Sparxxx)

Movie/TV Titles

The Fairly OddParents Movie (2003)

Fairly Secret Army (1984)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Fairly

DomainTitle

Books

  • A Fairly Good Time (Paperback) (reference)

  • A Portal to Paradise: 11,537 Years, More or Less, on the Northeast Slope of the Chiricahua Mountains: Being a Fairly Accurate and Occasionally anecd (reference)

  • Adult Children of Fairly Functional Parents: A Nest of My Own in the Family Tree (reference)

  • Doctalk: A Fairly Serious Survey of All That Theological Stuff (reference)

  • The Stinky Cheeseman and Other Fairly Stupid Tales (Caldecott Honor Book) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Fairly

Photos:
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Photo Album: Fairly

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Most galaxies form new stars at a fairly slow rate, but members of a rare class known as ... Credit: NASA.

Army surveyor with odometer carriage Survey of public lands Odometer worked fairly well on flat ground. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

This fast growing climber is a fairly common tender perennial species that produces two inch, pinkish blue flowers in mid to late Summer. They provide quick covers for lattice, trellis, arbor and chain-link fence, and are a favorite food source for butter. Credit: Dot Paul.

A Well-fed vicar tired with thinking,/ And fairly overcome by drinking;... / [John Collier]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Self-help cooperative, Burbank, California. Organized August 1934. Now has seventy-six active members and is fairly successful. Have applied to the Resettlement Administration for a loan. Have farm of one hundred eighty acres, and supply vegetables to mem. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Fairly
 

"Texas Bluebonnets" by B0at B0at
Commentary: "Fairly evenly placed, though not very thick or large, bluebonnets."
"A Display of Nationalism." by Justin Baker
Commentary: "Shot of anti-war protestors at a rally in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in Spring 2003. Shot on Fuji Velvia Transparency film. Actually shot this while I was out on a video shoot, so if you can imagine holding a DVCPRO cam, and snapping in between shots... It"

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Fairly

AuthorQuotation

Doc Sane

Opportunity is as scarce as oxygen; men fairly breathe it and do not know it.

George Eliot

Certainly, the mistakes that we male and female mortals make when we have our own way might fairly raise some wonder that we're so fond of it.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Fairly

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

But since gold and silver, being little useful to the life of man in proportion to food, raiment, and carriage, has its value only from the consent of men, whereof labour yet makes, in great part, the measure, it is plain, that men have agreed to a disproportionate and unequal possession of the earth, they having, by a tacit and voluntary consent, found out, a way how a man may fairly possess more land than he himself can use the product of, by receiving in exchange for the overplus gold and silver, which may be hoarded up without injury to any one; these metals not spoiling or decaying in the hands of the possessor. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Fairly

TitleAuthorQuote

Sylvie and Bruno Concluded

Carroll, Lewis

Nothing illustrates a fallacy so well as an extreme case, which fairly comes under it.

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Between thee and me the scale hangs fairly balanced

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

But how long fairly shall her sweet life last

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

The proposition and demonstration were fairly written on a thin wafer, with ink composed of a cephalic tincture

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Moreover, I have tried it fairly, and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare

Was ever book containing such vile matter so fairly bound

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Fairly

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

These are all fairly common. (references)

Right now, the doggie seems to be in fairly good shape. (references)

These tumors are also fairly common in the general population. (references)

Business

The judge's ruling was based on fairly narrow legal points. (references)

Firms such as Care mark, Watakyu are fairly inactive at present. (references)

Thus, parties to leasing transactions use insurance fairly often to minimize their risks. (references)

Civil Liberties

Kenya

Internet access was limited only by economic and infrastructural factors, and was fairly widespread in urban areas. (references)

Eritrea

Nonetheless, criticism tended to be limited and fairly mild, and the media practiced a great deal of self-censorship. (references)

Dominican Republic

They approach persons who look like Haitians, including persons who have very dark complexions and fairly poor clothing. (references)

Economic History

Ghana

Labor-management relations are fairly good. (references)

Bahrain

Bahrain has a fairly well developed road network. (references)

Ukraine

The market for pesticides in Ukraine is fairly large. (references)

Human Rights

Moldova

Detentions of several months were fairly frequent. (references)

Fiji

Rules governing detention are designed to ensure that suspects are questioned fairly. (references)

Iceland

With limited exceptions, trials are public and conducted fairly, with no official intimidation. (references)

Indigenous People

Cameroon

Local Pygmies along the proposed path of the Chad-Cameroon pipeline continue to complain that they have not been compensated fairly for their land like their Bantu neighbors. (references)

Minorities

Czech Republic

A small but persistent and fairly well-organized extreme rightwing movement with anti-Semitic views exists in the country. (references)

Kenya

In private business and in the public sector, members of virtually all ethnic groups commonly discriminated in favor of other members of the same group when able to do so. Neighborhoods in large cities tended to be segregated ethnically, although interethnic marriage has become fairly common in urban areas. (references)

Political Economy

Grenada

The elections were conducted openly and fairly and were free of violence. (references)

INDONESIA

Employer violations of legal requirements are fairly common and often result in strikes and employee protests. (references)

MOROCCO

It is enforced fairly well throughout the industrialized, unionized sectors where most workers earn more than the minimum wage. (references)

Political Rights

Peru

There were more than 20,000 complaints nationwide, a number that is fairly consistent with previous elections in the country. (references)

Algeria

Until those allegations surfaced, the campaign had been conducted fairly, with all candidates widely covered in both state-owned and private media. (references)

Morocco

Press reports indicate that the August 2000 by-elections overall proceeded more fairly than in 1997, despite allegations that two of the races involved some cases of vote-buying. (references)

Trade

Nigeria

Nigeria operates a fairly open banking system. (references)

Sweden

Large-scale parallel imports are a fairly recent phenomenon in Sweden. (references)

Eritrea

Following the float of the Nakfa in May 1998, the GSE maintained a fairly open exchange system. (references)

Travel

Sri Lanka

Colombo is served by a fairly modern international airport. (references)

Azerbaijan

International calls can be easily dialed but are fairly expensive. (references)

Mexico

Most parts of the country have fairly well defined wet and dry seasons. (references)

Women

South Africa

Prostitution is illegal, but it is widespread and practiced fairly openly. (references)

Singapore

The press gives fairly prominent coverage to instances of abuse or violence against women. (references)

Monaco

Women are represented fairly well in the professions; however, they are represented less well in business. (references)

Worker Rights

Mexico

Although few strikes actually occur, informal stoppages are fairly common, but uncounted in statistics, and seldom last long enough to be recognized or ruled out of order. (references)

Honduras

The Constitution and the Labor Code stipulate that all labor must be paid fairly; however, the Ministry of Labor lacks the personnel and other resources for effective enforcement. (references)

Panama

The Ministry of Labor is responsible for enforcing health and safety standards and generally does so. The standards are fairly broad and generally emphasize safety over long-term health hazards, according to organized labor sources. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Fairly

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Gerald Ford

In a subjective sense. You know, I had a fairly good record in athletics at the University of Michigan.

Robert Novak

Crown Prince Abdullah, at his meeting with the president, presented a fairly detailed eight-point plan for peace between the Palestinians and Israel.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Fairly

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Benjamin Harrison

1889-1893At least until the good offices of kindness and education have been fairly tried the contrary conclusion can not be plausibly urged.

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953Certain tendencies are, however, fairly clear and recognition of them should serve as background for the consideration of next year's Federal Program.

Gerald Ford

1974-1977One example shines forth of a people uniting to produce abundance and to share the good life fairly and with freedom.

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981We are moving steadily toward a regulatory system that provides needed protections fairly, predictably, and at minimum cost.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989Competitiveness also means giving our farmers a shot at participating fairly and fully in a changing world market.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Fairly

"Fairly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Fairly" is used about 6,695 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adverb (general)100%6,6951,442

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Fairly

The following table summarizes the usage of "fairly" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
FairlyLast name10085,318
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Fairly

Expressions using "fairly": be fairly good call fairly deal fairly with smb. fairly good fairly simple fairly speaking fairly well get on fairly go fairly play the game fairly treat fairly write fairly. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "fairly": fairly-balanced, fairly-long.

Ending with "fairly": security-cum-fairly.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Fairly

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

fairly odd parent

335

fairly odd parent tome tv

4

fairly oddparents

63

fairly game odd parent

4

fairly odd parent picture

16

coloring fairly oddparents page

4

fairly oddparents picture

15

fairly lyrics odd parent song theme

3

fairly odd parents.com

13

fairly odd parent wallpaper

3

fairly movie odd parent

11

fairly tale

3

bob fairly reliable

10

episode fairly odd parent

3

easy elm fairly red work

8

fairly oddparents porn

3

easily fairly willow works

7

coloring fairly odd page parent

3

fairly

7

fairly odd parent shiny tooth

2

fairly odd parent pic

6

fairly tome tv

2

fairly movie oddparents

6

fairly oddparents song theme

2

ron fairly

6

fairly oddparents plush toy

2

fairly oddparents pic

6

fairly odd parent plush toy

2

fairly lyrics odd parent

6

fairly odd parent voice

2

fairly traded

5

character fairly odd parent

2

com fairly odd parent

5

fairly oddparents tome tv

2

fairly odd parent song theme

5

fairly lyrics oddparents song theme

2

fairly oddparents quote

5

fairly oddparents.com

2

fairly lyrics oddparents

5

cartoon fairly odd parent

2

episode fairly guide odd parent

5

cosmo fairly oddparents

2

episode fairly guide oddparents

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Fairly

Language Translations for "fairly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

taamlik (a, a little, enough, quite, rather, relatively, some, somewhat, sufficiently, to, to some extend, to some extent). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

vërtet (actually, genuinely, indeed, literally, properly, really, truly, verily, yeah, ywis), qartë (clear, clearly, distinctly, evidently, expressly, it is clear, lucid, neatly, obviously, palpably, patently, plain, plainly, precisely, visibly), njëfarësoj (middling, passable, passably, so so, tolerably), mjaft (come on, enough, noticeably, pretty, quite, quite a few, rather, reasonably, richly, Satis, sufficiently, that's enough, well), me drejtësi (uprightly), haptas (avowedly, honestly, openly, patently, professedly). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مقبول (acceptable, accepted, adequate, agreeable, approved of, fair, fairly good, passable, reasonable, sanctioned, subscribed to, taken, tolerable), ‏تماما (all, all right, alright, altogether, completely, decidedly, diametrically, enough, entirely, exactly, fully, in full, just, ok, okay, okey, perfectly, plumb, precisely, properly, quite, quite so, right, sharp, simply, smack, so far so good, stark, stock, thoroughly, through and through, totally, utterly, very, well, wholly, wide), ‏على نحو لائق (properly), ‏بوضوح (apparently, clear, clearly, distinctly, evidently, obviously, overtly, patently, plain, plainly, pointedly, sharply, simply, visibly), ‏بعدل (honestly, rightly), ‏بطريقة شرعية, ‏بإنصاف (impartially, reasonably). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

съвсем (all, altogether, clean, clear, completely, directly, dooms, just, largely, most, plain, precious, quite, real, regularly, simply, sopping, spang, thoroughly, to the core, to the wide, totally, up, well, wholly, wide), средно, сравнително (comparatively, reasonably), умерено (mezzo, sparingly), справедливо (deservedly, right, rightly), честно (above board, fair, fair and square, faithfully, honestly, in good faith, on the level, Square, squarely, uprightly), горе-долу (approximately, good enough, in the rough, indifferently, much, pretty, roughly, so so, sort of), напълно (absolutely, all, altogether, amply, clean, completely, dead, entirely, every bit, fully, hollow, intimately, largely, out and out, outright, perfectly, quite, richly, sheer, spang, stark, stiff, thoroughly, through, throughly, to the full, to the letter, to the wide, totally, utterly, well, whole-hog, wholly, wide, without reserve). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

相當 (appropriate, considerably, equivalent to, to a certain extent), 相当 (Pretty, Quite), 比較 (comparatively, compare, contrast, quite, rather, relatively). (various references)

   

Czech

  

spravedlivì (justly), slušnì (decently), obstojnì (tolerably), dost (bit, enough, quite, that's enough, time is up), docela (all, completely, quite, throughout). (various references)

   

Danish

  

ved den primaere ionisering loesrives hurtigeelektroner, som har en temmelig lang raekkevidde, og som ioniserer luften (high-speed electrons of a fairly wide range are released, owing to primary ionization, which ionize the air), under sommerens stagnationsperiode forbliver de radioaktive stoffer i ret lang tid i zonen med det varme overfladevand : epilimnion (during the summer stagnation period the radioactive substances remain for a fairly extensive period of time in the zone of the warm upper waters - the epilimnion), tykkelsen af den rene zone kan goeres mindre,hvis gasudviklingen standses tidligt nok:den totale heterogenitet er da mindre.Dette er formaalet med metoden med afbrudt gasudvikling,som specielt opnaas ved stoebning i flaskehalskokiller (and the overall heterogeneity is then lower. This is the aim of the practice of interrupted rimming, the thickness of the rim can be reduced by stopping rimming at a fairly early stage, which is achieved in particular by teeming into bottle moulds ( capped ingots )), til kontinuerlig maaling af meget dybe kulsiloers paafyldningsgrad har pejling med ultralyd vaeret brugt (ultrasonic echo sounding has been used for continuous level measurement in fairly deep bunkers), test-aerosolen produceres med en generator, som soerger for, at man opnaar toerre partikler af naesten ensartet stoerrelse (the test-aerosol is produced by a generator which allows dry particles of fairly uniform size to be obtainesd), temmelig hoeje dosishastigheder fra roentgenstraaling ved normale arbejdsspaendinger (fairly high X-radiation dose rates at normal operating voltages), naar udgangsstrukturen er fin som foelge af fuldstaendig austenitisering ved relativ lav temperatur,kan man faa en meget fragmenteret og uregelmaessigt struktur,hvis der foer bratkoeling sker kraftig kolddeformation ved ca.500 °C foer omdannelsen (before any transformation occurs, when the initial structure is a fine one resulting from complete austenitizing at a fairly low temperature), naar jorden vaelges som returleder ved denne transmission, svaekkes forplantningen ganske vaesentligt (because this mode of propagation uses the ground as the return conductor, its propagation attenuation is fairly high), de endogene indeslutninger har tendens til at fordele sig temmelig jaevnt (endogeneous inclusions tend to be fairly uniformly distributed). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

vrý (enough, free, free and easy, quite, rather, relatively, sufficiently, unchecked, unoccupied, vacant), tamelijk (relatively, sufficiently), tamelýk (enough, quite, rather, relatively, some, somewhat, sufficiently, to some extent), aardig (affable, amusing, dainty, entertaining, fair, friendly, funny, good-natured, kind, nice, pretty, rather, relatively, tidy). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

relative (rather, relatively). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

upp á seg (rather, relatively), til tað (rather, relatively). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

melko, kutakuinkin (tolerably), kuta (tolerably), koko (dimensions, entire, integral, overall, rather, size, stature, the whole, volume, whole), kohtalaisen, jotensakin (something like), jotenkin (anyway, rather, somehow), jotakuinkin, jokseenkin (almost), auttavasti (tolerably). (various references)

   

French

  

tout à fait, tante, relativement, honnêtement, d'une manière acceptable, clairement, avec justice, équitablement. (various references)

   

German

  

ziemlich (a little, almost, comparatively, considerable, enough, fair, fitting, most, nearly, pretty, proper, quite, rather, reasonable, reasonably, relatively, sizable, sizeable, some, somewhat, sufficient, sufficiently, to some extent, tolerably), ehrlich (aboveboard, above-board, candid, candidly, downright, faithfully, frankly, honest, honestly, really, sincere, squarely, straightforward, transparent, truly, upright). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αρκετά (considerableably, considerably, enough, pretty, quite, rather, reasonably, sufficiently), δίκαια (deservedly, equitably, faintly, judicially). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

למדי (enough, pretty, quite, somewhat, sufficiently), כיאות (correctly, properly), כהוגן (correctly, duly, properly, suitably, well), במדה מספקת (enough), בהגינות (squarely). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

méltányosan (evenly, fair and square), korrektül (above board, aboveboard, fair, fair and square, to play fair, to play sy fair, to play the game), elég (adequate, burn, burn out, enough, enow, have a fair knowledge of english, respectable, suffice, sufficient, that's enough, to burn away, to burn out, to last, to last out, to suffice), egészen (completely, entirely, even, home, just, outright, plumb, quite, throughout, to drive sg home, to the full, to the top of one's bent, totally, wholly). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

dengan tulus. (various references)

   

Italian

  

onestamente (frankly, honestly, straightforwardly, virtuously), giustamente (aright, correctly, exactly, justly, right, rightly, sharp), equamente (equally), discretamente (discreetly, quite well), abbastanza (enough, quite, rather, relatively, sufficiently, tolerably). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

まんざら夢ではない (artfully, nicely, not altogether a dream, successfully, thoroughly), 大部 (a good deal, greater, most, much), 中々 (by no means, considerably, easily, highly, quite, rather, readily, very), 中中 (by no means, considerably, easily, highly, quite, rather, readily, very), 可成 (considerably, quite), 可也 (considerably, quite). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

たいぶ (a good deal, greater, most, much), なかなか (by no means, considerably, easily, highly, quite, rather, readily, very), まんまと (artfully, nicely, successfully, thoroughly), かなり (considerably, quite), だいぶ (a good deal, a lot, considerably, greater, greatly, most, much). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

공정하게 (Equitably). (various references)

   

Malay

  

agak (a little, enough, quite, rather, relatively, some, somewhat, sufficiently, to some extent). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

nokså. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

airlyfay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

razoavelmente (middling, pretty, reasonably). (various references)

   

Quechua

  

as. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

just (accurate, correct, equitable, even, exact, fair, just, just so, justly, reasonable, right, righteous, rightful, Square, suitable, that's the thing, truly, uprightly), drept (as, attribution, claim, correct, Dexter, direct, directly, due, end on, endways, equitable, erect, even, evenly, exactly, fair, for, forthright, honest, just, justice, justly, kind, law, legitimate, patent, permission, plain, point blank, precisely, privilege, real, reasonable, right, right foot, right leg, righteous, Square, stand, stand up, straight, straightforward, true, truly, truthful, unprejudiced, upright), destul de (middling, moderately, nice and, passably, pretty), complet (absolute, all out, broad, clear, collected, complement, complete, completely, comprehensive, dead, down to the ground, downright, entire, entirely, every bit, every inch, exhaustive, flat, full, fully, good, hollow, outright, perfect, purely, quite, stark, strict, suite, thorough, thoroughly, thoroughpaced, to the bone, total, unabridged, utter, utterly, whole), acceptabil (acceptable, acceptably, admissible, agreeable, allowable, eligible, fair, livable, palatable, passable, passably, plausible, possible, reasonable, satisfactory). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

справедливо (justly), честно (above board, aboveboard, above-board, honestly, in good faith, on the level, Square, uprightly), достаточно (enough, satis, sufficiently, that's enough), довольно (pretty). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

stvarno (downright, positively, really, substantially, virtually), sasvim (all over, all: at all, clean, completely, dead, entirely, lock up stock and barrel, plunk, quite, sheer, span-new, stark, stinking, throughout, totally, utterly, well, well nigh, whole, wholly, wide), pošteno (fair, honestly, square, straight). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

rectamente (aright, endways, endwise, uprightly), limpio (chaste, clean, cleanly, clear, fair, Frank, fresh, incautious, net, over the counter, pure, taintless, tidy, transparent, unpolluted), justamente (aright, exactly, just, justly, sharp), con justicia (justly), completamente (all, all out, altogether, blankly, clearly, completely, consummately, dead, downright, entirely, flat, full, fully, holus-bolus, Plumb, properly, quite, right, sheer, thoroughly, through, through and through, up to the hilt), bastante (a good bit, a good deal, a good few, a little, enough, lot, nice, passably, pretty, quite, quite a bit, quite a bit of, quite a few, quite a lot of, rather, some, somewhat, sufficient, sufficiently, to some extend, to some extent). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

tämligen (moderately, pretty, rather, tolerably), någorlunda (a little, fairly good, in a fashion, moderately, passably, pretty, rather, some, somewhat, to some extent, tolerably). (various references)

   

Thai

  

อย่างพอสมควร (moderately), อย่างยุติธรรม (fair, honestly, impartially, objectively, rightfully). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

harfi harfine (factual, fair, literally, literatim, strict, to the letter, verbal, verbatim, word by word, word for word), adeta (almost, in fact, nearly, so to say, so to speak), adilane (equitably, fair, justly), büsbütün (all, altogether, dead, downright, entirely, fair, quite, sheer, staring, stark, wholly), dürüstçe (above board, fair, faithfully, frankly, honestly, rightly), dosdoğru (as the crow flies, directly, fair, right, right ahead, right on, straight, straight ahead, straight as a die), epey (a good deal of, a great deal of, a great many, goodish, not a little, pretty well, quite, reasonably, some, tidy, well), açıkça (above board, avowedly, bluntly, clear, clearly, cloudlessly, declaredly, definitely, directly, distinctly, downright, evidently, expressly, flatly, frankly, in round terms, manifestly, nakedly, openly, outright, outspokenly, plainly, plump, point blank, professedly, roundly, simply, straight out), güzelce (fair, in style, nicely, well), uygunca (agreeably, fair, properly), oldukça (a bit of a, a good many, a whale of, good, pretty, quite, rather, reasonably, somewhat, spanking, substantially, well, well enough, whopping), safça (innocently, naively, purely), tam olarak (accurately, completely, evenly, every bit, exactly, flat, fully, implicitly, in depth, in full, Plumb, positively, quite, right, rightdown, rootedly, roundly, slap bang, smack, straight, strictly, to a t, true), tarafsızca (detachedly, dispassionately, indifferently, neutrally, objectively), temiz (chaste, clean, clean-handed, cleanly, clear, fair, fresh, kosher, neat, neatly, pure, respectable, sanitary, Spruce, tidy, unpolluted, unsoiled, unspotted, unstained), uygun bir şekilde (agreeably, fair, properly, warrantably, worthily), epeyce (goodly, just about, pretty, quite a few). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

сприятливо (auspiciously, highly, kindly, opportunely), чесно (above board, fair, faithfully, honestly, honorably, honourably, scrupulously, sincerely, Square, straight, uprightly), цілком (absolutely, all, all in all, all of, all out, altogether, at all, bodily, broad, clean, clear, completely, duly, en bloc, entirely, full, fully, hollow, nicely, outright, perfectly, pure, purely, quite, richly, soundly, thoroughly, well, wholly), досить (amply, belay, deep, drop it, enough, nothing else, nuff, once, passable, plenty, pretty, relatively, say no more, something, sufficiently). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

thẳng thắn (downright, fair, fair-dealing, forthright, frank, free-hearted, hunky, level, plain-spoken, sporting, sporty, square, straight), rõ rệt (distinctly, evident, pronounced, sharp, transparent, unequivocal, visibly), không thiên vị; chính đáng; ngay thẳng, không gian lận khá (fair), kha khá hoàn toàn thật sự rõ ràng, công bằng (equitable, even-handed, fair, fair-minded, impartial, rightful). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

pur (pure, rather, sincere, very), gweddol (fair). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Fairly

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

aeque, iuste, satis. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Fairly

Derivations

Words ending with "fairly": unfairly. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Fairly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fagioli, faily, faimly, fainly, faircliff, fairey, Fairleys, Faisley, faitly, faril, farily, farliy, farly, fearly, feirey, fialy, fiatly, foirl, hairly. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Fairly"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "fairly" (pronounced fe"rlē)
5f e" r l ēunfairly.
4-e" r l ēbarely, rarely, squarely.
3-r l ēausterely, barley, cavalierly, Charley, Charlie, clearly, dearly, demurely, gnarly, hourly, merely, nearly, parley, poorly, prematurely, purely, securely, severely, sincerely, sorely, surely, yearly.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Fairly

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-f-i-l-r-y"

-1 letter: fairy, filar, flair, frail, riyal.

-2 letters: airy, alif, aril, aryl, fail, fair, farl, fiar, fila, flay, fray, lair, lari, liar, lira, rail, rial.

-3 letters: ail, air, arf, far, fay, fil, fir, fly, fry, lar, lay, ray, ria, rif, rya, yar.

-4 letters: ai, al, ar, ay, fa, if, la, li, ya.

 Words containing the letters "a-f-i-l-r-y"
 

+1 letter: clarify, frailly, frailty, friarly.

 

+2 letters: craftily, draftily, fireclay, freakily, unfairly.

 

+3 letters: bifilarly, fairishly, fairyland, fairylike, fireclays, flaringly, formality, fragility, frugality, raffishly, requalify, ruffianly.

 

+4 letters: clarifying, dwarfishly, fairylands, familiarly, farcically, forgivably, formidably, freakishly, friability, fritillary, frontality, infernally, informally, ladyfinger, prequalify, profitably, profligacy, reclassify, wearifully.

 

+5 letters: certifiably, factorylike, falteringly, familiarity, farcicality, filamentary, filmography, foolhardily, formability, formatively, fractiously, frantically, gallimaufry, informality, infrangibly, interfamily, irrefutably, ladyfingers, nefariously, parfocality, prolificacy, superfamily.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Historic
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Quotations: Non-fiction
13. Quotations: Spoken
14. Quotations: Speeches
15. Usage Frequency
16. Names: Frequency
17. Expressions
18. Expressions: Internet
19. Translations: Modern
20. Translations: Ancient
21. Derivations
22. Rhymes
23. Anagrams
24. Bibliography


  

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