adverb
- To a moderately sufficient extent or degree.
- usage: "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"
- synonyms: reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, middling, passably
- Without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner.
- usage: "deal fairly with one another"
- synonyms: fair, evenhandedly
- In conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating.
- usage: "they played fairly"
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