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# fairly

adverb (fairly)

«fairly» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Fairly means in a fair, equal way, following the rules. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fairly/#m1)
2. Fairly can also mean quite or rather, but not very. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fairly/#m2)

### In the lessons

maths: sharing equally, so division; or «fairly big» which is a story word with no number; school: treat everyone fairly; games: play fairly; everyday life: fairly cold, fairly easy

### Examples

- Share 20 stickers fairly between 4 children. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fairly/#x1)
- The cake was cut fairly into 8 pieces. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fairly/#x2)
- It was a fairly long walk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fairly/#x3)
- How many does each get if shared fairly? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fairly/#x4)
- The teacher treats everyone fairly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fairly/#x5)
- The test was fairly easy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fairly/#x6)
- It is fairly cold today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fairly/#x7)
- This he did very fairly, giving each an equal share. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fairly/#x8)

### Note

«Shared fairly» means equal shares: divide. Trap: «fairly long» gives no number.

## In Jewish tradition

maths: sharing equally, so division; or «fairly big» which is a story word with no number; school: treat everyone fairly; games: play fairly; everyday life: fairly cold, fairly easy

### Examples

- Presumably, the anatomy of slaughtered livestock would have been fairly familiar to many writers and readers of the time, while blessedly few indeed would have had first-hand knowledge of human innards.\] Like what did He make them? (A city) \[strife\]. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fairly/#x1)

### Note

«Shared fairly» means equal shares: divide. Trap: «fairly long» gives no number.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fairly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fairly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fairly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fairly.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «fairly» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fairly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fairly» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/fairly.html) on Mova free.