FAIRLY

Definitions

1. 1. In a fairmanner; clearly; openly; plainly; fully; distinctly; frankly. Even the nature of Mr. Dimmesdale's disease had never fairly been revealed to him. Hawthorne.
2. 2. Favorably; auspiciously; commodiously; as, a town fairly situated for foreign traade.
3. 3. Honestly; properly. Such means of comfort or even luxury, as lay fairly within their grasp. Hawthorne.
4. 4. Softly; quietly; gently. [Obs.] Milton.