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Fair

adjective

(compar. fairer; superl. fairest)

1.

Free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules. Synonym: just. "Fair deal" , "On a fair footing" , "A fair fight" , "By fair means or foul"

2.

Not excessive or extreme. Synonyms: fairish, reasonable. "Reasonable prices"

3.

Very pleasing to the eye. Synonyms: bonnie, bonny, comely, sightly. "There's a bonny bay beyond" , "A comely face" , "Young fair maidens"

4.

(of a baseball) hit between the foul lines.

5.

Lacking exceptional quality or ability. Synonyms: average, mediocre, middling. "Only a fair performance of the sonata" , "In fair health" , "The caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average" , "The performance was middling at best"

6.

Attractively feminine.

7.

(of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections. Synonym: clean. "A clean manuscript"

8.

Gained or earned without cheating or stealing. Synonym: honest. "An fair penny"

9.

Free of clouds or rain.

10.

(used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored. Synonym: fairish.

noun

1.

A traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.. Synonyms: carnival, funfair.

2.

Gathering of producers to promote business. "Trade fair" , "Book fair"

3.

A competitive exhibition of farm products.

4.

A sale of miscellany; often for charity. Synonym: bazaar.

adverb

1.

In conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating. Synonyms: clean, fairly.

2.

Without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner. Synonyms: evenhandedly, fairly.

verb

1.

Join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly.

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"Fair" Quotes from Famous Books

... a very fair girl, plump and very short, with a pale, frightened, childish face and a much developed feminine figure. Father Sergius remained seated on the bench at the entrance and when she was passing and stopped beside him for his blessing he was aghast at himself for the way he looked ...

— Father Sergius • Leo Tolstoy

... custom is kept in Honiton Fair week, usually held the third week in July. On the first day of the Fair a crier goes about the streets with a white glove on a long ...

— Wanderings in Wessex - An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter • Edric Holmes

... length of years I have attained and am well nigh at life's end and still am I childless: what then will be my case?" Presently, as he sat upon his throne of kingship, he saw enter to him an Ifrit fair of face and form, the which was none other than King 'Atrus[FN398] of the Jann, who cried, "The Peace be upon thee, Ho thou the King! and know that I have come to thee from my liege lord who affecteth thee. In my sleep it befel that I heard a Voice ...

— Supplemental Nights, Volume 6 • Richard F. Burton

... awhile, news arrived from Baghdad, by one of the Amirs, that the Sultan's wife had given birth to a son and that the princess Nuzhet ez Zeman had named him Kanmakan. Moreover, his sister wrote to him that the boy bid fair to be a prodigy and that she had commanded the priests and preachers to pray for them from the pulpits; also, that they were all well and had been blessed with abundant rains and that his comrade the stoker was in the enjoyment of all prosperity, ...

— The Book Of The Thousand Nights And One Night, Volume II • Anonymous

... Jordan, the junior. Bolitho's not here yet. I wish summat would happen to him on the way. I tell yo' I'm feared of him. This chap is but a beginner, so to speak—a sort of John the Baptist, that prepares the way for t'other; but Bolitho's a fair terror and ...

— The Day of Judgment • Joseph Hocking

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