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  1. 1. adv. In a fair manner; clearly; openly; plainly; fully; distinctly; frankly. Source: opted
  2. 2. adv. Favorably; auspiciously; commodiously; as, a town fairly situated for foreign traade. Source: opted
  3. 3. adv. Honestly; properly. Source: opted
  4. 4. adv. Softly; quietly; gently. Source: opted
  5. 5. adv. to certain extent or degree Source: wordnet
  6. 6. adv. without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner Source: wordnet
  7. 7. adv. in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating Source: wordnet
  8. 8. 1. In a fairmanner; clearly; openly; plainly; fully; distinctly; frankly. Even the nature of Mr. Dimmesdale's disease had never fairly been revealed to him. Hawthorne. 2. Favorably; auspiciously; commodiously; as, a town fairly situated for foreign traade. 3. Honestly; properly. Such means of comfort or even luxury, as lay fairly within their grasp. Hawthorne. 4. Softly; quietly; gently. [Obs.] Milton. Source: webster
  9. 9. r:100 r. without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner r. in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating Source: ecdict

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