fairly

fair·ly

 (fâr′lē)

adv.

1.

a. In a fair or just manner; equitably.

b. Legitimately; suitably.

2. Clearly; distinctly.

3. Actually; fully: The walls fairly shook with their bellowing.

4.

a. Moderately; rather: a fairly good dinner.

b. To a reasonable degree: I was fairly sure that I would go to the party.

5. Obsolete

a. Gently.

b. Courteously.

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fairly

(ˈfɛəlɪ)

adv

1. (not used with a negative) moderately

2. as deserved; justly

3. (not used with a negative) positively; absolutely: the hall fairly rang with applause.

4. archaic clearly

5. obsolete courteously

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fair•ly

(ˈfɛər li)

adv.

1. in a fair manner; justly; impartially.

2. moderately; tolerably: a fairly heavy rain.

3. properly; legitimately: a claim fairly made.

4. clearly; distinctly: fairly seen.

5. so to speak; seemingly: ears fairly steaming with rage.

6. Obs. softly; gently.

7. Obs. courteously.

[1350–1400]

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fair

– fairly

1. 'fair'

You say that behaviour or a decision is fair when it is reasonable, right, or just.

It wouldn't be fair to disturb the children's education at this stage.

Do you feel they're paying their fair share?

2. 'fairly'

Don't use 'fair' as an adverb, except in the expression play fair. If you want to say that something is done in a reasonable or just way, the word you use is fairly.

We want it to be fairly distributed.

He had not explained things fairly.

Fairly also has a completely different meaning. It means 'to quite a large degree'.

The information was fairly accurate.

I wrote the first part fairly quickly.

Be Careful!
Don't use 'fairly' in front of a comparative form. Don't say, for example, 'The train is fairly quicker than the bus'. In conversation and less formal writing, you say 'The train is a bit quicker than the bus'.

Golf's a bit more expensive.

I began to understand her a bit better.

Be Careful!
In more formal writing, you use rather or somewhat.

In short, the problems now look rather worse than they did a year ago.

The results were somewhat lower than expected.

Many other words and expressions can be used to show degree.

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Thesaurus

Adv.	1.	fairly - to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers" jolly, middling, moderately, passably, pretty, reasonably, somewhat
	2.	fairly - without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner; "deal fairly with one another" evenhandedly, fair
	3.	fairly - in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating; "they played fairly" fair, clean below the belt, unfairly - in an unfair manner; "they dealt with him unfairly"; "their accusations hit below the belt"

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fairly

adverb

1. equitably, objectively, legitimately, honestly, justly, lawfully, without prejudice, dispassionately, impartially, even-handedly, without bias They solved their problems quickly and fairly.

2. moderately, rather, quite, somewhat, reasonably, adequately, pretty well, tolerably, passably We did fairly well.

3. positively, really, simply, absolutely, in a manner of speaking, veritably He fairly flew across the room.

4. deservedly, objectively, honestly, justifiably, justly, impartially, equitably, without fear or favour, properly It can no doubt be fairly argued that he is entitled to every penny.

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fairly

adverb

1. In a fair, sporting manner:

cleanly, correctly, fair, properly.

2. In truth:

actually, genuinely, indeed, positively, really, truly, truthfully, verily.

Idiom: for fair.

3. To some extent:

pretty, rather.

Idiom: more or less.

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Translations

إلى حَد ما، بَعض الشَّيءبإِنْصَافبِعَدالَه

čestnědocelapoctivěpříznivěspravedlivě

nogenlunderettemmelig

ziemlichandersgerecht

αρκετά

bastantejustamentecon imparcialidadequitativamente

melko

assezéquitablementhonnêtementimpartialementjustement

prilično

heiîarlegasæmilega, nokkuî

abbastanzaequamente

公正に

상당히

behoorlijk

ærligganskenoksårettferdigrimelig

dość

razoavelmente

в достаточной степени

poštenoprecej

ganska

พอควร

oldukçabir haylidürüstçe

khá

相当公正地

fairly

[ˈfɛəlɪ] ADV

1. (= justly) → justamente, con justicia; (= impartially) → con imparcialidad; (= equally) → equitativamente
our workers are treated fairly → tratamos justamente or con justicia a nuestros trabajadores
he always enforced rules fairly → siempre aplicó las reglas con imparcialidad
the blame must be placed fairly and squarely on the shoulders of the government → todo el peso de la culpa debe recaer de lleno sobre el gobierno

2. (= according to the rules) [play] → limpiamente, limpio

3. (= quite) → bastante
I'm fairly sure → estoy bastante or casi segura
fairly good → bastante bueno

4. (as intensifier) → verdaderamente
the literature fairly bulges with illustrations of this → el material publicado está verdaderamente repleto de ilustraciones de esto
he fairly ran out of the room → poco menos que salió corriendo del cuarto

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

fairly

[ˈfɛə^rli] adv

(in a just manner) [divide, share, treat] → équitablement
The cake was divided fairly → Le gâteau a été partagé équitablement.

(= quite) [good, easy, common, obvious] → assez; [well, badly, easily] → assez
That's fairly good → C'est assez bien.
I'm fairly sure (that) ... → j'en suis quasiment sûr que ..., j'en suis presque sûr que ...fair-minded [ˌfɛə^rˈmaɪndɪd] adj [person] → impartial(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

fairly

adv

(= moderately) → ziemlich; fairly recently → erst kürzlich

(= justly) treat → gerecht, fair; (= justifiably) claim → zu Recht; describe, blame → gerechterweise; (= equally) share → gerecht

(= positively, really) → geradezu; we fairly flew along → wir sausten nur so dahin

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fairly

[ˈfɛəlɪ] adv

a. (justly) → in modo imparziale or equo, equamente; (according to the rules) → lealmente, correttamente

b. (quite) → abbastanza, piuttosto
I'm fairly sure → sono abbastanza sicuro
fairly good → discreto/a

c. (fam) (utterly) → completamente
she was fairly raging → era completamente fuori di sé

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

fair¹

(feə) adjective

1. light-coloured; with light-coloured hair and skin. fair hair; Scandinavian people are often fair. blond, lig أشْقر светъл claro světlý; plavý hell lys ξανθόςrubio, claro, blanco hele(dajuukseline) سرخ و سفید vaalea blondבהיר गोरा svijetle puti, plavokos világos; szőke warna pirang ljós biondo; chiaro 金髪の 금발인 šviesus, šviesiaplaukis gaišs; gaišmatains warna cerah blond lys, blond; skjærjasny, jasnowłosy سپینه او تور claro blond светлый; белокурый svetlý svetel svetao ljus ที่มีสีอ่อน sarı, sarışın 白晳的皮膚，金黃色的頭髮 білявий اجلے رنگ کا vàng hoe (tóc); trắng (da) 肤色白晰的，头发金黄色的

2. just; not favouring one side. a fair test. regverdig, billik عادِل справедлив justo spravedlivý gerecht fair; retfærdig δίκαιοςjusto, equitativo õiglane بی غرض tasapuolinen justeהוגן काफी pravedan, nepristran becsületes adil sanngjarn giusto 公平な 공정한 teisingas, sąžiningas godīgs; taisnīgs adil eerlijkrettferdig, rettskaffensprawiedliwy عادلانه justo corect справедливый spravodlivý nepristranski fer rättvis ยุติธรรม âdil, dürüst 公平的 справедливий, чесний منصفانہ công bằng 公平的

3. (of weather) fine; without rain. a fair afternoon. mooi weer صافٍ، مُعْتَدِل ясен bonito pěkný schön god; fin ωραίος, αίθριοςbueno selge ملایم kaunis beauנוח अच्छे दिनों का vedar, lijep szép, jó (idő) cerah bjartur, heiðskír bello 晴れた 날씨가 갠, 맑은 puikus skaists; jauks (par laiku) cuaca baik mooipen; lettskyetpiękny مناسب bonito frumos ясный pekný lep prijatan klar (อากาศ) ดี açık, güzel, bulutsuz 晴朗的 ясний; гарний واضح ، بغیر بارش کے thời tiết đẹp 晴朗的

4. quite good; neither bad nor good. Her work is only fair. redelik, billik مُتَوَسّط задоволителен suficiente/razoável ucházející recht gut rimelig; tilfredsstillende καλούτσικος, μέτριοςregular keskmine متوسط keskinkertainen passable טוב לְמַדַי अच्छा osrednji, prihvatljiv elég jó cukup baik sæmilegur, þokkalegur discreto 並の 아주 좋은 šiaip sau, neblogas diezgan labs; apmierinošs agak baik matignoenlunde, middels zadawalający مناسب suficiente/razoável acceptabil посредственный celkom dobrý zadovoljiv zadovoljavajući hygglig, ganska bra ปานกลาง oldukça iyi 尚可的 непоганий, задовільний مناسب ، ٹھیک ٹھاک khá; khá tốt 尚好的

5. quite big, long etc. a fair size. redelik, groterig, taamlik groot كَبير голям de tamanho razoável přiměřený ansehnlich hel; betydelig ικανοποιητικόςconsiderable kenake(ne) نسبتاً بزرگ verraten suuri beau גָדוֹל לְמַדַי काफी बड़ा prilican (veličina i dužina) meglehetős sedang nokkuð stór/langur bello かなりの 아주 큰 gana didelis vidējs; mērens sedang behoorlijkanselig, temmelig dość duży لږڅه لوي um certo tamanho/algo grande destul de mare значительный primeraný precejšen priličan ganska stor มากพอประมาณ oldukça büyük/uzun Vb. 適當的 чималий, значний کافی بڑا اور لمبا rất lớn; rất dài 适当的

6. beautiful. a fair maiden. pragtig جَميل، وَسيم хубав belo/formoso krásný hübsch smuk όμορφοςbello kaunis زیبا kaunis beauיפה गोरा lijep szép(séges) cantik fallegur bello 美しい 아름다운 gražus skaists cantik mooipen, fager, skjønnpiękny ښکلی belo/formoso frumos красивый krásny čeden lep vacker, fager สวยงาม güzel 美麗的 прекрасний, гарний خوبصورت đẹp 美丽的

ˈfairness noun

billikheid, regverdigheid عَدْل справедливост justiça světlost; spravedlivost die Gerechtigkeit, die Schönheit fairness; retfærdighed; rimelighed δικαιοσύνηjusticia, imparcialidad õiglus انصاف؛ زیبایی tasapuolisuus blondeur; justiceצדק चारुता, सौंदर्य čestitost, nepristranost; ljepota korrektség; tökéletesség keadilan, kecantikan sanngirni; ljóst yfirbragð bellezza; biondezza 公平さ 공정 šviesumas, teisingumas gaišums; taisnīgums keadilan eerlijkheidrettferdighet; det lyse/blonde; skjønnheturoda, sprawiedliwość, jasność ښكلا، انصاف justiça culoare deschisă; corecti­tudine справедливость slušnosť; svetlosť poštenost pravičnost rättvisa, blondhet, fagert utseende ความยุติธรรม güzellik; âdillik 公平 чистота; справедливість حق ، انصاف sự công bằng; màu sáng 公平

ˈfairly adverb

1. justly; honestly. fairly judged. regverdig, billik, redelikerwys بِعَدالَه справедливо de forma justa čestně, poctivě gerecht retfærdigt δίκαιαjustamente, equitativamente õiglaselt منصفانه tasapuolisesti impartialement בַּהֲגִינוּת उचित रूप से, न्याय से pravedno tisztességesen dengan adil heiðarlega equamente 公正に 정당하게 teisingai godīgi; taisnīgi dengan adil eerlijkrettferdig, rimelig, ærlig sprawiedliwie, bezstronnie منصفانه justamente/com justiça, honestamente corect справедливо čestne, poctivo nepristransko pravično rättvist อย่างยุติธรรม dürüstçe 公正地 чесно; справедливо عادلانہ một cách công bằng; ngay thẳng 公正地

2. quite or rather. The work was fairly hard. redelik إلى حَد ما، بَعض الشَّيء доста bastante docela ziemlich temmelig; nogenlunde αρκετάbastante üsna نسبتاً verraten assezלמדי स्पष्टतया, पूर्ण रूप से prilično meglehetősen agak sæmilega, nokkuð abbastanza かなり 상당히 gana, pakankamai diezgan; mēreni agak vrijganske, nokså, temmeligcałkiem, dość نسبتا bastante destul (de) довольно dosť precej prilično ganska, rätt อย่างพอสมควร oldukça, bir hayli 相當 досить; цілком نمایاں طور پر kha khá 相当

fair play

honest treatment; an absence of cheating, biased actions etc. He's not involved in the contest – he's only here to see fair play. eerlike/ skoon spel عَدْل ، إنْصاف честна игра jogo limpo poctivá hra, poctivé jednání faires Spiel ærligt spil τίμιο παιχνίδι, τίμια συμπεριφορά juego limpio aus mäng جوانمردی؛ انصاف reilu peli franc jeu מִשׂחָק הוֹגֵן निपष्क्ष व्यवहार poštena igra, fer plej korrekt eljárás perlakuan adil heiðarlegur fair play, gioco corretto フェアプレー 정정당당한 태도 garbingas elgesys, žaidimas pagal taisykles godīga rīcība/spēle bersikap adil eerlijk spel ærlig spill, rettferdighet uczciwe postępowanie دلاوری،انصاف jogo limpo fair-play честная игра poctivá hra poštena igra poštena igra rent spel การแข่งขันที่ขาวสะอาด hilesiz iş, âdil hareket 公平處理，無人作弊的公平比賽 гра за правилами; справедливість مناسب برتاؤ یا سلوک chơi đẹp 公平处理，公平比赛

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fairly

→ بإِنْصَاف docela ret ziemlich αρκετά bastante, con imparcialidad melko assez prilično abbastanza 公正に 상당히 behoorlijk rettferdig dość razoavelmente в достаточной степени ganska พอควร oldukça khá 相当

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