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Fair

adjective

(compar. fairer; superl. fairest)

1.

Free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules. Synonym: just. "Fair deal" , "On a fair footing" , "A fair fight" , "By fair means or foul"

2.

Not excessive or extreme. Synonyms: fairish, reasonable. "Reasonable prices"

3.

Very pleasing to the eye. Synonyms: bonnie, bonny, comely, sightly. "There's a bonny bay beyond" , "A comely face" , "Young fair maidens"

4.

(of a baseball) hit between the foul lines.

5.

Lacking exceptional quality or ability. Synonyms: average, mediocre, middling. "Only a fair performance of the sonata" , "In fair health" , "The caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average" , "The performance was middling at best"

6.

Attractively feminine.

7.

(of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections. Synonym: clean. "A clean manuscript"

8.

Gained or earned without cheating or stealing. Synonym: honest. "An fair penny"

9.

Free of clouds or rain.

10.

(used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored. Synonym: fairish.

noun

1.

A traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.. Synonyms: carnival, funfair.

2.

Gathering of producers to promote business. "Trade fair" , "Book fair"

3.

A competitive exhibition of farm products.

4.

A sale of miscellany; often for charity. Synonym: bazaar.

adverb

1.

In conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating. Synonyms: clean, fairly.

2.

Without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner. Synonyms: evenhandedly, fairly.

verb

1.

Join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly.

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"Fair" Quotes from Famous Books

... part of England of her construction of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, and, of course, was very desirable news to Mr. Buchanan, yet Lord Napier had withheld it. He either was disgusted at this settlement of the long-talked-of difficulty without his aid, or his devotion to a fair Southern widow had made him stupidly inattentive to what was going on. A hint to the English Government was thereupon given by Mr. Buchanan that his Lordship had better be transferred to some other post, and ...

— Perley's Reminiscences, Vol. 1-2 - of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis • Benjamin Perley Poore

... "If everybody thought, instead of only one in hundreds of thousands, it would be an impossible place. Just imagine, fair lady, what would happen if women began to think! It's inconceivable. The greatest revolution in history would break out; a volcanic eruption would convulse society. It's quite right—only the few are supposed to think. There must be dead bodies without will, to live mechanically, to do ...

— The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries - Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 • Various

... the United States and Spain was the outgrowth of the humanity of the American people and their love of fair play. They did not stand idly by when Spain was literally starving the people of Cuba into subjection to her will, but freely and generously sent food, medicine ...

— Young Peoples' History of the War with Spain • Prescott Holmes

... from a common infirmity of human nature, that we are more flushed with confidence, or more vehemently alarmed at things unseen, concealed, and unknown, as was the case then. For the arrival of Lucius Nasidius had filled the state with the most sanguine hopes and wishes. Having got a fair wind, they sailed out of port and went to Nasidius to Taurois, which is a fort belonging to the Massilians, and there ranged their fleet and again encouraged each other to engage, and communicated their plan of operation. The command of the right ...

— "De Bello Gallico" and Other Commentaries • Caius Julius Caesar

... practice is to aim at getting an alloy with 2-1/2 parts of silver and 1 part of gold. In gold bullion assays this proportion should be obtained with fair exactness. And in the parting of such gold buttons as are obtained in assaying ores it is well to aim at this proportion, though absolute precision is not ...

— A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. • Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer

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