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English Dictionary: fairly	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fairly adv 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" Synonym(s): reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passably Antonym(s): immoderately, unreasonably without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner; "deal fairly with one another" Synonym(s): fairly, fair, evenhandedly in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating; "they played fairly" Synonym(s): fairly, fair, clean Antonym(s): below the belt, unfairly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fairly \Fair"ly\, adv. 1. In a fair manner; clearly; openly; plainly; fully; distinctly; frankly. Even the nature of Mr. Dimmesdale's disease had never fairly been revealed to him. --Hawthorne. 2. Favorably; auspiciously; commodiously; as, a town fairly situated for foreign traade. 3. Honestly; properly. Such means of comfort or even luxury, as lay fairly within their grasp. --Hawthorne. 4. Softly; quietly; gently. [Obs.] --Milton.