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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"  Antonym: unfair.
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.  Antonym: foul.
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.  Antonym: unfairly.
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



... His disciples. Here in a barn, amid vulgar folk, and uncouth, dim surroundings, He had appeared, He, her Lord and Master. He had touched her with that white unspeakable appeal. The laughter died upon the fair girlish face and prayer issued from the beautiful lips. If vulgar folk, the despised Baptists, were good enough for the Christ, were they not good enough for her? Among them she had felt His consecrating touch and among them she determined to devote herself to Him. Her parents commanded ...
— William Lloyd Garrison - The Abolitionist • Archibald H. Grimke

... nature, Honey-like in its taste, The genial, fair, thin element Filtering through the sands, Which is sweeter than cinnamon, And is well known to us hunters. O, that eternal, healing draught, Which comes from under the earth, Which contains abundance of good And ...
— Wild Wales - Its People, Language and Scenery • George Borrow

... admirable speakers, and are sure to be of incalculable value. I name them simply as types: others were appointed, equally distinguished in other fields. If, then, the Emperor is blamed for not liking parliamentary and party government, it is only fair to say that he has taken the surest way to ...
— Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White Volume II • Andrew Dickson White

... although so far as I know Felipe is still in an American training camp," Bettina replied. "But, Vera, I am not yet an enthusiast over Gerry. However, as we have never liked each other, perhaps I am not fair. I do not believe that people's natures ever entirely change, even if circumstances do affect one for a time. So I shall have to behold the miracle of a transformed Gerry before I am convinced of the change I am told has taken ...
— The Campfire Girls on the Field of Honor • Margaret Vandercook

... Romance, Mail-clad, with shield and lance, Are laid in 'fair Ophelia's' watery tomb, Still, passion rules her hour, Love, Hate, Revenge, have power, And hearts, in ...
— Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 - Devoted to Literature and National Policy. • Various


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