Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FAIR'LY
FAIR'LY, adv.
- Beautifully; handsomely. [Little used.]
- Commodiously; conveniently; as, a town fairly situated for foreign trade.
- Frankly; honestly; justly; equitably; without disguise, fraud or prevarication. The question was fairly stated and argued. Let us deal fairly with all men.
- Openly; ingenuously; plainly. Let us deal fairly with ourselves or our own hearts.
- Candidly. I interpret fairly your design. Dryden.
- Without perversion or violence; as, an inference may be fairly deduced from the premises.
- Without blots; in plain letters; plainly; legibly; as, an instrument or record fairly written.
- Completely; without deficience. His antagonist fought till he was fairly defeated.
- Softly; gently. Milton.
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