Synonyms and Antonyms of fairly
1
to some degree or extent
- for someone without professional training, she sings fairly well
enough, kindly [chiefly Southern], kind of, like, moderately, more or less, pretty, quite, rather, relatively, something, somewhat, sort of
acceptably, decently, passably, tolerably
little, negligibly, nominally, slightly, vaguely
half, halfway, incompletely, part, partially, partly, partway
awfully, beastly, deadly, especially, exceedingly (also exceeding), exceptionally, extremely, frightfully, greatly, heavily, highly, hugely, mightily, mortally, particularly, surpassingly, terribly, very
considerably, extensively, significantly, substantially
2
according to the rules or the law
- had acquired the land fairly
3
very close to but not completely
- he fairly knocked me flat on my face as he ran by
about, all but, almost, borderline, fair [chiefly British], feckly [chiefly Scottish], more or less, most, much, near, nearly, next to, nigh, practically, somewhere, virtually, well-nigh
absolutely, altogether, completely, entirely, fully, plain, plumb [chiefly dialect], quite, thoroughly
totally, utterly, well, wholly
barely, hardly, scarcely