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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
fairly
    adv 1: 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"
           [syn: reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly,
           somewhat, fairly, middling, passably] [ant:
           immoderately, unreasonably]
    2: without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner;
       "deal fairly with one another" [syn: fairly, fair,
       evenhandedly]
    3: in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or
       cheating; "they played fairly" [syn: fairly, fair,
       clean] [ant: below the belt, unfairly]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fairly \Fair"ly\, adv.
   1. In a fair manner; clearly; openly; plainly; fully;
      distinctly; frankly.
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            Even the nature of Mr. Dimmesdale's disease had
            never fairly been revealed to him.    --Hawthorne.
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   2. Favorably; auspiciously; commodiously; as, a town fairly
      situated for foreign trade.
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   3. Honestly; properly.
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            Such means of comfort or even luxury, as lay fairly
            within their grasp.                   --Hawthorne.
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   4. Softly; quietly; gently. [Obs.] --Milton.
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Thesaurus Results for fairly:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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