Fâir'i-ly1, adv.
adv. In the manner of a fairy.
Numerous shadows haunting fairly The brain. Keats.
A work divine Made so fairly well. Tennyson.
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Fairly
Fâir'ly2, adv.
adv. 1. In a fair manner; clearly; openly; distinctly; frankly; honestly; favorably; pleasantly; as, to deal fairly; to appear fairly; to speak or write fairly; fairly beaten. “I interpret fairly your design.” Dryden.
Then fairly I bespoke the officer To go in person with me to my house. Shak.
Sense 2. Softly; quietly; gently. [Obs.] Milton.