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fairly

/fair-lee/US // ˈfɛər li //UK // (ˈfɛəlɪ) //

相当于,相当地,相当,相当的

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in a fair manner; justly or honestly; impartially.
    • : moderately; tolerably: a fairly heavy rain.
    • : properly; legitimately: a claim fairly made.
    • : Chiefly Southern U.S. actually; completely: The wheels fairly spun.almost; practically: He slipped off the roof and fairly broke his neck.
    • : Archaic. clearly; distinctly: fairly seen.
    • : Obsolete. gently; softly.
    • : Obsolete. with respect and courtesy.

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Examples

  • On the first question, there’s a fairly long history of research into figuring out a better way of quantifying the balance between fitness and fatigue.

  • The “test and trace” scheme will be effective only if testing is widespread and if people remain fairly isolated while awaiting results.

  • By some accounts, she would have received something like 60 percent of the vote if it’d been fairly counted.

  • Beyond that, seditious language tickets have been fairly well spread out across the city, from Bay Terraces to Rancho Peñasquitos.

  • Jacob, however, has been fairly critical of Gaspar, her colleague.

  • These were conversations that took a fairly grim twist pretty quickly.

  • We were barely into the appetizer when he asked a fairly basic question—where did my family live?

  • Yes, it was a fairly disappointing year in music—one devoid of Goth teen prodigies, Yeezy, and galvanizing rock anthems.

  • Nothing will work sensibly, or fairly, until human responsibility is restored as the activating force for all public choices.

  • At this point, the female rapper comes across as fairly sympathetic—that is, until Azealia Banks grabs the mic.

  • The big room at King's Warren Parsonage was already fairly well filled.

  • The conversation with the muleteer had been, thus far, carried on in Spanish—which Ernest spoke fairly enough.

  • It is not quite so level nor so perfectly cultivated as central Belgium, but is generally fertile and promises fairly.

  • Orlean was regarded as a fairly attractive woman; but her chin, unlike that of the one before him, was inclined to retreat.

  • My spurs fairly lifted the dun horse, and we scuttled in the opposite direction like a scared antelope.