Meanings
- Likely; having a good chance (of or to something).
He's in a fair way to be King.
1874, Mr. Crown (John), James Maidment, William Hugh Logan, The Dramatic Works of John Crowne (volume 4, page 138)2 more examples
Jack, among his friends, had raised money sufficient to fee an Old Bailey counsel, who, by blustering and cross-examination, succeeded in so flabbergastering the simple witnesses for the prosecution, that the prisoner was in a fair way of being acquitted; […]
1853, John Yonge Akerman, Wiltshire Tales, page 131[…] he's in a fair way of dying of love for an actress; he won't say who she is.
1903, Charles Paul de Kock, The Masterpieces of Charles Paul de Kock, volume 6, page 351
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