Meanings
adverbto be fair (not comparable)
- not comparableSynonym of in fairness.
Now, to be fair, most of the games were okay, but they're the same kind of games you might as well be playing on your TV screen.
February 19, 2008, James Rolfe, "Virtual Boy", in Angry Video Game Nerd Season 3Synonyms: TBF, in fairness
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbSynonym of in fairness.
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Spanish para ser justo [with le and a; or with con]
- para ser justo [with le and a; or with con]Translations
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