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verb + fairly
fairly修饰动词，表示以公正的方式行事。
They always play fairly.
他们总是公平竞争。
相当；颇；还算
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相当；颇；还算
to a moderate degree; somewhat, but not extremely
They always play fairly.
他们总是公平竞争。
公正地；公平地
In a fair manner; fair; not biased or skewed or favouring a certain party
相当地
to a moderately sufficient extent or degree
有利地；顺利地
Favorably; auspiciously; commodiously.
公平地
without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner
The teacher treated all students fairly.
老师公平地对待所有学生。
AI contextual example
The judge decided the case fairly.
法官公正地裁决了此案。
AI contextual example
She divided the money fairly among her children.
她把钱公平地分给了孩子们。
AI contextual example
he is fairly clever with computers
他在电脑方面相当聪明。
WordNet
fairly修饰动词，表示以公正的方式行事。
They always play fairly.
他们总是公平竞争。
当动词有宾语时，fairly通常放在宾语之后。
The judge treated both sides fairly.
法官公正地对待了双方。
Not this
She is a fairly person.
Use this
She is a fair person.
fairly是副词，不能修饰名词person，应改为形容词fair。
Not this
I fairly like this movie.
Use this
I quite like this movie.
fairly表示“相当地”时通常不修饰like，常用quite或rather。
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受到公正对待
All employees should be fairly treated regardless of their background.
所有员工都应受到公正对待，无论其背景如何。
相当准确
The weather forecast was fairly accurate this week.
这周的天气预报相当准确。
相当快地
She finished the test fairly quickly because she knew the material well.
她相当快地完成了测试，因为她对材料很熟悉。
定价合理
This product is fairly priced compared to its competitors.
与竞争对手相比，这个产品定价合理。
相当肯定
I am fairly certain that we have met before.
我相当肯定我们以前见过面。
相当简单
The instructions are fairly simple to follow.
说明相当简单，容易遵循。
公平合理地；正大光明地
He beat me fairly and squarely in the race.
他在比赛中公平地击败了我。
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fair（公平）+ ly（副词后缀），牢记‘公平地’。
通常用于中性语境，表示‘公正地’或‘相当地’。
barely, rarely, squarely rhyme with fairly (same stressed vowel /ɛr/ and ending /li/). fairy and fair are lookalikes but sound different: fairy ends in /ri/, fair ends in /r/. merely looks similar but has vowel /ɪr/ instead of /ɛr/.
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.