1
as in pretty
to some degree or extent
for someone without professional training, she sings fairly well
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2
as in legally
according to the rules or the law
had acquired the land fairly
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3
as in almost
very close to but not completely
he fairly knocked me flat on my face as he ran by
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Recent Examples of fairly
Many myths about surrogacy persist, but the practice remains one that is legal and for which surrogates are fairly compensated.
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Kris Ann Valdez, Parents, 13 Feb. 2026
These measures are vital to maintain public trust, prevent voter intimidation, and ensure that our elections can be administered securely, fairly, and transparently.
—State Rep. Matt Blumenthal, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2026
The data would help ensure Disney is being fairly compensated and characters are not being exploited.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2026
The labor market has steadily deteriorated over the past half year—not necessarily in the form of the unemployment rate, which has held fairly steady at around the 4% mark, but rather, the breakeven jobs number needed to maintain that unemployment rate has shrunk.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
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Kris Ann Valdez, Parents, 13 Feb. 2026
These measures are vital to maintain public trust, prevent voter intimidation, and ensure that our elections can be administered securely, fairly, and transparently.
—State Rep. Matt Blumenthal, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2026
The data would help ensure Disney is being fairly compensated and characters are not being exploited.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2026
The labor market has steadily deteriorated over the past half year—not necessarily in the form of the unemployment rate, which has held fairly steady at around the 4% mark, but rather, the breakeven jobs number needed to maintain that unemployment rate has shrunk.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fairly
Adverb
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Feltner’s routine was pretty simple.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
12 Feb. 2026
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Alex and Ashley In the pods, Ashley and Alex fell in love with each other pretty much without conflict.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Feb. 2026
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The material contained on this site is intended to inform, entertain and educate the reader and in no way represents an inducement to gamble legally or illegally or any sort of professional advice.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
5 Feb. 2026
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Ministers also made tour operators legally responsible for their clients from the start to the end of a trip.—
Chas Newkey-Burden,
TheWeek,
5 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The majority of what remained was auctioned off by the French state in a wave of republican sentiment almost a hundred years later.—
Laura Sharman,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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Last year was almost certainly the first year of the 21st century that preventable child mortality went up rather than down.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
6 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Some economists suggested last week's rise could be statistical noise, and the total number remains relatively low compared with history.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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One is that Venus is relatively large (almost the same size as Earth) for a rocky planet as well as relatively close to the Sun; in terms of the total amount of solar radiation incident on its surface, only Jupiter receives more.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Feb. 2026
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The talented Czech goalies are practically salivating at the opportunity.—
Jesse Granger,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Assuming Crawford or another starter candidate fills the long-relief role, the rest of the bullpen looks practically set.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
8 Feb. 2026
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The answer, quite straightforwardly, is no.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Feb. 2026
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The Oscar-winning British filmmaker crafts a sumptuous bad romance that’s quite haughty, darkly hilarious and ultimately heartfelt.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
10 Feb. 2026
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As of Thursday, that system still had nearly 500 outages.—
ALEX ROZIER Mississippi Today,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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Guthrie lives on nearly an acre, in a brown-brick, ranch-style house with an attached garage, a short gravel driveway, and desert landscaping.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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For another, this drubbing, unlike many previous ones, was triggered not by fears of a bubble but rather concern that AI is on the verge of supplanting the business models of a wide swathe of companies that doomsayers have long predicted were at risk.—
Brody Ford,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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According to this idea, although these objects may look like supersize red stars, their shine is powered not by standard stellar thermonuclear fusion but rather by the relentless funneling of burning-hot plasma into the insatiable maw of a snowballing black hole.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Fairly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fairly. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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