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# fairly

«fairly» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a fair, equal way, following the rules** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (fairly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Fairly means in a fair, equal way, following the rules. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fairly/#m1)

2) Fairly can also mean quite or rather, but not very. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fairly/#m2)

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

- [A chore chart lists the household jobs and who does each one, so work is shared fairly and nobody has to nag.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/12-cars-chores-and-the-shopping-list/10/)
- [Summarising both sides fairly before a vote shows you understood them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/49-debating-and-discussion/12/)
- [Hitting, kicking or grabbing never solves a disagreement fairly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/54-solving-disagreements-calmly/9/)
- [A compromise is when each side gives a little so that both are fairly happy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/54-solving-disagreements-calmly/12/)
- [When one person cuts and the other chooses, the cutter has a reason to cut fairly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/60-reasoning-about-people/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fairly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fairly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.