FAIRLY Synonyms: 117 Similar and Opposite Words

fairly

adverb

ˈfer-lē

Definition of fairly

as in pretty

to some degree or extent for someone without professional training, she sings fairly well

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as in legally

according to the rules or the law had acquired the land fairly

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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 In all, Broadway held fairly steady last week, with the 29 productions (one fewer than the previous week with the absence of Joe Turner’s Come and Gone) grossing a total $33,889,856. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2026 Chiron turns retrograde in your 2nd House of Resources, bringing up sensitivity around money, value, or whether your effort is being fairly recognized. — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026 Inflation data for June was fairly positive, as a short pause in Middle East tensions drove down energy prices and shelter costs continued to moderate. — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026 For example, Quince makes a conscious effort to prioritize sustainability, working only with factories that aim to limit their environmental impact and treat their employees fairly. — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 3 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fairly

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fairly

Adverb

Ward and Tate could build a great rapport in training camp and still have a pretty middling start because the rest of the roster just isn’t very good yet.

— Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Current satellite products reveal a pretty significant plume of Saharan dust throughout the basin.

— Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of pretty

Adverb

Fetterman and McCormick even launched a joint fundraising committee, practically unheard-of for senators from different parties.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 31 July 2026
The jokes practically wrote themselves as an eclectic group of progressive pastors, imams and a rabbi walked into a room, finding their seats around a table to talk about religion and politics.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026

Definition of practically

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But none of the more precise terms quite roll off the tongue.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
That’s true even as there’s been a steady clip of cyberattacks on the United States and other countries, some of them quite alarming, and even as a new, more powerful AI model is released by an American or Chinese lab seemingly every week.

— Jen Easterly, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of quite

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Mamdani has been making trips to firehouses most impacted by losses on 9/11, a spokesperson told CNN, visiting eight on Staten Island as well as FDNY Rescue 1 in Manhattan, which lost nearly half its company at the Twin Towers.

— Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
Around 70,000 people used the city’s designated Seine swimming areas in July, according to Paris City Hall, compared with nearly 100,000 during the entire summer last year, suggesting growing public interest in reclaiming the river for recreation.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of nearly

Adverb

And yet, Simon Farnaby is perhaps most recognizable for mugging his rather expressive and jovial face, usually beneath a crop of untamed curly hair, across a series of scene-stealing comic cameos.

— Alex Ritman, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
There is no Payroll tax, but rather a complicated system of private accounts (with mandatory employer contributions) for healthcare and retirement savings.

— Nathan Lewis, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026