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fairly

fair·ly

Today it means: In a fair manner; fair; not biased or skewed or favouring a certain party. Full definition →

Middle English fayrly

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Middle English · inherited fromfayrly
English todayfairly

From Middle English fayrly, fayrely, vayrliche, equivalent to fair + -ly.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.