fairly

• POS: Adverb
• HYPHEN: fair=ly
• COUNT in NET: 18 in 18 verses (in OT : 18 in 18 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

fairly, adv. 

•  In a fair manner; clearly; openly; plainly; fully; distinctly; frankly.  [1913 Webster]

  "Even the nature of Mr. Dimmesdale's disease had never fairly been revealed to him."  [1913 Webster]
•  Favorably; auspiciously; commodiously; as, a town fairly situated for foreign trade.  [1913 Webster]
•  Honestly; properly.  [1913 Webster]

  "Such means of comfort or even luxury, as lay fairly within their grasp."  [1913 Webster]
•  Softly; quietly; gently.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

fairly, adv.
1 in a fair manner; justly.
2 moderately, acceptably (fairly good).
3 to a noticeable degree (fairly narrow).
4 utterly, completely (fairly beside himself).
5 actually (fairly jumped for joy).

Idiom

fairly and squarely = fair and square (see FAIR(1)).

THESAURUS

fairly

a bit, a little, absolutely, acceptably, actually, adequately, after a fashion, appreciably, at any rate, at best, at least, at most, at the least, at the most, at the outside, at worst, comparatively, completely, decently, decipherably, deservedly, detectably, disinterestedly, dispassionately, duly, equally, equitably, evenly, extremely, fair, fair to middling, fairishly, fairly well, honestly, impartially, impersonally, in a manner, in a measure, in a way, in part, in some measure, incompletely, indifferently, justifiably, justifiedly, justly, kind of, leastwise, legibly, mediocrely, meetly, merely, middling well, middlingly, mildly, moderately, modestly, more or less, not comprehensively, not exhaustively, objectively, only, part, partially, partly, passably, positively, presentably, pretty, pretty well, pro tanto, properly, purely, quite, rather, readably, really, relatively, respectably, rightfully, rightly, satisfactorily, scarcely, simply, slightly, so far, so-so, some, something, somewhat, sort of, sufficiently, thus far, to a degree, to some degree, to some extent, tolerably, totally, unexceptionably, upon even terms, utterly, veritably, very, virtually, visibly, warrantably, warrantedly, well enough, without distinction

ROGET THESAURUS

fairly

Intrinsicality

N intrinsicality, inbeing, inherence, inhesion, subjectiveness, ego, egohood, essence, noumenon, essentialness, essential part, quintessence, incarnation, quiddity, gist, pith, marrow, core, sap, lifeblood, backbone, heart, soul, important part, principle, nature, constitution, character, type, quality, crasis, diathesis, habit, temper, temperament, spirit, humor, grain, disposition, endowment, capacity, capability, moods, declensions, features, aspects, peculiarities, idiosyncrasy, oddity, idiocrasy, diagnostics, derived from within, subjective, intrinsic, intrinsical, fundamental, normal, implanted, inherent, essential, natural, innate, inborn, inbred, ingrained, inwrought, coeval with birth, genetous, haematobious, syngenic, radical, incarnate, thoroughbred, hereditary, inherited, immanent, congenital, congenite, connate, running in the blood, ingenerate, ingenite, indigenous, in the grain, bred in the bone, instinctive, inward, internal, to the manner born, virtual, characteristic, invariable, incurable, incorrigible, ineradicable, fixed, intrinsically, at bottom, in the main, in effect, practically, virtually, substantially, au fond, fairly, character is higher than intellect, come give us a taste of your quality, magnos homines virtute metimur non fortuna, non numero haec judicantur sed pondere, vital spark of heavenly flame.