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Fairly   /fˈɛrli/   Listen
adverb
Fairly  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."
2.
Favorably; auspiciously; commodiously; as, a town fairly situated for foreign trade.
3.
Honestly; properly. "Such means of comfort or even luxury, as lay fairly within their grasp."
4.
Softly; quietly; gently. (Obs.)





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"Fairly" Quotes from Famous Books



... Frank—"not in that mean way, anyhow. Why, you wretched old man!" he fairly shouted at Samuel Mace, "how dare you even so much as insinuate that I know anything about your missing bracelet—if there ...
— The Boys of Bellwood School • Frank V. Webster
... of the amazed outlaws above the roar of the train, and then I felt the bridge quiver and tremble beneath me, as we were borne over its swaying spans, amid a cloud of ashes, smoke and cinders, which fairly blinded me. ...
— Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891 • Various
... up the double-nucleus beryllium deposit on our detectors. Nearby, there was a small, fairly level valley, so we brought the ship down for a closer check. We wanted to make absolutely positive that it was double-nucleus beryllium before we made ...
— The Judas Valley • Gerald Vance
... From the hammock where she lay, a delicate figure amid the vivid cushions, Rhoda looked upon a landscape that combined all the perfection of verdure of a northern park with a sense of illimitable breathing space that should have been fairly intoxicating to her. Two huge cottonwoods stood beside the porch. Beyond the lawn lay the peach orchard which vied with the bordering alfalfa fields in fragrance and color. The yellow-brown of tree-trunks and the white of grazing sheep against vegetation of richest green were astonishing ...
— The Heart of the Desert - Kut-Le of the Desert • Honore Willsie Morrow
... a cask of wine That fairly reeks with precious juices. And in your tresses you shall twine The loveliest flowers this ...
— John Smith, U.S.A. • Eugene Field


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