Fairly

Examples

• But in the better grades of material the printing is well done, and the color designs are fairly fast, and a little care in the laundry suffices to eliminate any danger of fading. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• These got fairly to work at the beginning of the century, and the uses of machinery spread to the treatment of leather. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• It was then easy enough to obtain a fairly accurate silhouette, by either outlining the profile or cutting it out from the screen. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He knew better than to be satisfied with loose thinking and fairly good intentions. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• It was an open move in the game, and played fairly. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I think that it is fairly obvious. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Under the clear rays of the Arizona moon lay Powell, his body fairly bristling with the hostile arrows of the braves. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• To win the money, fairly or otherwise, and to hand it contemptuously to Thomasin in her aunt's presence, had been the dim outline of his purpose. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• It is right that the best and the worst of me should be fairly balanced before that time. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Both Knights broke their lances fairly, but Front-de-Boeuf, who lost a stirrup in the encounter, was adjudged to have the disadvantage. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The phonograph was now fairly launched as a world sensation, and a reference to the newspapers of 1878 will show the extent to which it and Edison were themes of universal discussion. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I tell you fairly, I don't trust your discretion, and I don't trust your temper. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• So, then, ye'r fairly sewed up, an't ye? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• When his eyes fell upon me they fairly bulged from his head. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• In the previous chapter we found that the primary subject matter of knowing is that contained in learning how to do things of a fairly direct sort. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• It was long since I had been fairly and truly in love. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• As I reached their side a glance showed me that all but a very few eggs had hatched, the incubator being fairly alive with the hideous little devils. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• As quickly as she could she raised the great bar and fairly dragged Clayton within. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The attempt has been made, however, to indicate the course of events and deal fairly with the facts. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Upon my life, it fairly startled me when the man spoke! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I took him to my own room, had a good bed made for him, dressed his wounds, and tended him myself, until he got fairly on his feet again. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• At this facetious speech, the young boy, it is almost needless to say, was fairly convulsed. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• After one boot was fairly on, the senator sat with the other in his hand, profoundly studying the figure of the carpet. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• And certainly, the mistakes that we male and female mortals make when we have our own way might fairly raise some wonder that we are so fond of it. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The power of masters and men became more evenly balanced; and now the battle is pretty fairly waged between us. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• This time, I not only went to the door, but went fairly out on the road back. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• When fairly remote results of a definite character are foreseen and enlist persistent effort for their accomplishment, play passes into work. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• You cannot go to any of the great philosophers even for the outlines of a statecraft which shall be fairly complete, and relevant to American life. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Let us look at the matter clearly and fairly. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Set one of Mrs. Michelson's opinions fairly against the other, he said, and try to be reasonable about a perfectly plain matter. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.

Editor: Olaf