fairly

adverb
fair·ly
/ˈfɛə.li/

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

Example

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

Other meanings

Favorably; auspiciously; commodiously.
“a town fairly situated for foreign trade”
Honestly; properly.
“Consumer laws aim to have consumers fairly treated.”

Synonyms

reasonably
moderately
pretty
somewhat

Related words

fairly and squarely

Example sentences

“I still talk to him fairly regularly.”
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“Will the court process the case fairly?”
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“I used to be fairly social.”
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Word history

From Middle English "fayrly".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “fairly” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.