Fairly — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

to a moderately sufficient extent or degree

without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fˈɛɹli/

🇬🇧British English

/fˈeəli/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fˈeəli/

2 syllables Say it as /fˈɛɹli/.

Examples

pretty big
pretty bad
jolly decent of him

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

reasonably clean middling evenhandedly passably pretty somewhat jolly moderately fair

Antonyms

unfairly unreasonably immoderately

Parts of Speech

adverb	to a moderately sufficient extent or degree “pretty big”
adverb	without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner “deal fairly with one another”
adverb	in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating “they played fairly”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

ziemlich

in einem mäßig ausreichenden Ausmaß oder Grad

🇫🇷French

assez

dans une mesure ou à un degré modérément suffisant

🇪🇸Spanish

equitativamente

en un grado o extensión moderadamente suficiente

🇮🇹Italian

abbastanza

in misura o grado moderatamente sufficienti

🇳🇱Dutch

eerlijk

in een redelijk voldoende mate of mate

🇵🇹Portuguese

com justiça

em uma extensão ou grau moderadamente suficiente

🇷🇺Russian

весьма

в умеренно достаточной степени или степени

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अच्छी तरह से

मध्यम रूप से पर्याप्त सीमा या डिग्री तक

🇧🇩Bengali

মোটামুটি

একটি মাঝারিভাবে যথেষ্ট পরিমাণ বা ডিগ্রী পর্যন্ত

🇮🇳Tamil

நியாயமாக

மிதமான அளவு அல்லது அளவிற்கு

🇮🇳Telugu

న్యాయంగా

మధ్యస్తంగా తగినంత మేరకు లేదా డిగ్రీకి

🇮🇳Marathi

प्रामाणिकपणे

माफक प्रमाणात किंवा प्रमाणात

🇮🇳Gujarati

એકદમ

સાધારણ પર્યાપ્ત હદ અથવા ડિગ્રી સુધી

🇮🇳Kannada

ತಕ್ಕಮಟ್ಟಿಗೆ

ಮಧ್ಯಮ ಸಾಕಷ್ಟು ಮಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಅಥವಾ ಮಟ್ಟಕ್ಕೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ന്യായമായും

മിതമായ അളവിൽ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ബിരുദം വരെ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕਾਫ਼ੀ

ਔਸਤਨ ਕਾਫ਼ੀ ਹੱਦ ਜਾਂ ਡਿਗਰੀ ਤੱਕ

🇵🇰Urdu

منصفانہ

اعتدال سے کافی حد تک یا ڈگری تک

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

相当

达到适度足够的程度或程度

🇯🇵Japanese

かなり

中程度に十分な範囲または程度まで

🇰🇷Korean

꽤

적당히 충분한 정도

🇻🇳Vietnamese

khá

ở một mức độ hoặc mức độ vừa đủ

🇹🇭Thai

เป็นธรรม

ในระดับที่เพียงพอหรือปานกลาง

🇮🇩Indonesian

secara adil

sampai batas atau tingkat yang cukup memadai

🇵🇭Filipino

patas

sa katamtamang sapat na lawak o antas

🇲🇾Malay

secara adil

pada tahap atau tahap yang cukup sederhana

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

إلى حد ما

إلى حد أو درجة كافية إلى حد ما

🇮🇷Persian

منصفانه

به میزان یا درجه نسبتاً کافی

🇹🇷Turkish

adil bir şekilde

orta derecede yeterli ölçüde veya derecede

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְמַדַי

במידה או במידה מספקת במידה בינונית

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