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fairly

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In a fair manner; fair; not biased or skewed or favouring a certain party

adverbio

  1. 1

    In a fair manner; fair; not biased or skewed or favouring a certain party

    A jury is expected to ensure that the accused is fairly judged.

  2. 2

    Favorably; auspiciously; commodiously.

    a town fairly situated for foreign trade

  3. 3

    Honestly; properly.

    Consumer laws aim to have consumers fairly treated.

    10. You will be civil and attentive to passengers, giving proper assistance to ladies and children getting in or out, and never start the car before passengers are fairly received or landed.

    They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.[…].

  4. 4

    Softly; quietly; gently.

  5. 5

    Partly, not fully; somewhat.

    The weather this weekend will be fairly dry.

    My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.

  6. 6

    anticuadoAlmost; practically.

    We quadrilled, waltzed, and conversed, in all of which my clever partner excelled; and her charms, combined with the excellent champagne I imbibed, fairly dazzled my imagination.

    Betty grew so nervous and frightened, that she fairly bawled to her colleague, Moggy, and told her she would not stay in the room unless she sat up all night with her.

    I remember the sudden drop in the note of the station bell, as we roar through, perhaps with 16 coaches; sweep up to milepost 9½, and then, with increasing thunder from the exhaust, fairly rush the fells at Milnthorpe at the foot of the climb to Grayrigg, until the steady thunderous beat re-echoes past Mosedale Hall, still at 40 m.p.h.

  7. 7

    arcaicoOf handwriting: neatly and legibly.

    That Pen, which now writes blottingly, might be well made at first, and will write fairly again […]

Etimología

From Middle English fayrly, fayrely, vayrliche, equivalent to fair + -ly.

Formas

comparativo
more fairly, fairlier
superlativo
most fairly, fairliest
Las páginas vecinasEl orden alfabético sigue las reglas del idioma, no el valor de los bytes: un acento solo desempata entre dos palabras por lo demás idénticas, y la Ñ es una letra propia con su propia sección.

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