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fairly adverb [ ˈfɛːli ]

• with justice.
• "he could not fairly be accused of wasting police time"
Similar: justly, equitably, impartially, without bias, without prejudice, without fear or favour, with an open mind, open-mindedly, even-handedly, objectively, neutrally, disinterestedly, properly, lawfully, legally, legitimately, licitly, by the book, in accordance with the rules, according to the rules, equally, the same, fairly and squarely,
Opposite: unfairly,
• to a moderately high degree.
• "I was fairly certain she had nothing to do with the affair"
Similar: reasonably, passably, tolerably, satisfactorily, sufficiently, adequately, moderately, quite, rather, somewhat, relatively, comparatively, pretty, kind of, sort of, kinda, ish,
Opposite: insufficiently, extremely,

fairly and squarely

• honestly and straightforwardly.
"he laid the blame fairly and squarely at the minister's door"



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