Definitions for fairly
ˈfɛər lifair·ly

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passably(adverb)

   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"

2. fairly, fair, evenhandedly(adverb)

   without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner

   "deal fairly with one another"

3. fairly, fair, clean(adverb)

   in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating

   "they played fairly"

Wiktionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. fairly(Adverb)

   In a fair manner; clearly; openly; plainly; fully; distinctly; frankly.

2. fairly(Adverb)

   Favorably; auspiciously; commodiously; as, a town fairly situated for foreign trade.

3. fairly(Adverb)

   Honestly; properly.

   1859 Easton, Alexander, A Practical Treatise on Street or Horse-Power Railways, p 108, "Rules adopted by the Sixth Avenue Railway, N. Y.":

4. fairly(Adverb)

   Softly; quietly; gently.

5. fairly(Adverb)

   partly, not fully; somewhat

   The weather this weekend will be fairly dry.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Fairly(adverb)

   in a fair manner; clearly; openly; plainly; fully; distinctly; frankly

2. Fairly(adverb)

   favorably; auspiciously; commodiously; as, a town fairly situated for foreign traade

3. Fairly(adverb)

   honestly; properly

4. Fairly(adverb)

   softly; quietly; gently

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. fairly

   In a fair manner.

   The salary and wages of employees was paid fairly as the business could afford it and shareholders agree it.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 30, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'fairly' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1797

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'fairly' in Written Corpus Frequency: #721

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'fairly' in Adverbs Frequency: #142

How to pronounce fairly?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fairly in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fairly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of fairly in a Sentence

1. Nicholas Zachary:

   I don’t foresee any kind of issue, it’s happened before, they’ll get it fixed and back and running fairly soon I imagine.

2. Brian Gallagher:

   We are looking to do this in a fairly quick scale over a period between now and Christmas with the least disruption as possible, we are prepared.

3. Jonathan Sanders:

   When you think of the total destruction of Katrina... that was gut wrenching, we're fairly more resilient than other places that haven't had so many tragic things happen to their city.

4. Shilan Shah:

   These changes are fairly significant, particularly if you look at them in the context of what happened over the weekend with Governor Rajan's decision to step down, it might be the government's way to illustrate its commitment to reforms and mitigate any investor fallout.

5. Andy Haldane:

   If global real interest rates are persistently lower, central banks may then need to think imaginatively about how to deal on a more durable basis with the technological constraint imposed by the zero lower bound on interest rates, that may require a rethink, a fairly fundamental one, of a number of current central bank practices.

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