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ALL meanings of fair and square

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  • adjective fair and square free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice: a fair decision; a fair judge. 1
  • adjective fair and square legitimately sought, pursued, done, given, etc.; proper under the rules: a fair fight. 1
  • adjective fair and square moderately large; ample: a fair income. 1
  • adjective fair and square neither excellent nor poor; moderately or tolerably good: fair health. 1
  • adjective fair and square marked by favoring conditions; likely; promising: in a fair way to succeed. 1
  • adjective fair and square Meteorology. (of the sky) bright; sunny; cloudless to half-cloudy. (of the weather) fine; with no prospect of rain, snow, or hail; not stormy. 1
  • adjective fair and square Nautical. (of a wind or tide) tending to aid the progress of a vessel. 1
  • adjective fair and square unobstructed; not blocked up: The way was fair for our advance. 1
  • adjective fair and square without irregularity or unevenness: a fair surface. 1
  • adjective fair and square free from blemish, imperfection, or anything that impairs the appearance, quality, or character: Her fair reputation was ruined by gossip. 1
  • adjective fair and square easy to read; clear: fair handwriting. 1
  • adjective fair and square of a light hue; not dark: fair skin. 1
  • adjective fair and square pleasing in appearance; attractive: a fair young maiden. 1
  • adjective fair and square seemingly good or sincere but not really so: The suitor beguiled his mistress with fair speeches. 1
  • adjective fair and square courteous; civil: fair words. 1
  • adjective fair and square Medicine/Medical. (of a patient's condition) having stable and normal vital signs and other favorable indicators, as appetite and mobility, but being in some discomfort and having the possibility of a worsening state. 1
  • adjective fair and square Dialect. scarcely; barely: It was just fair daylight when we started working. 1
  • adverb fair and square in a fair manner: He doesn't play fair. 1
  • adverb fair and square straight; directly, as in aiming or hitting: He threw the ball fair to the goal. 1
  • adverb fair and square favorably; auspiciously. 1
  • adverb fair and square British, Australian. entirely; completely; quite: It happened so quickly that it fair took my breath away. 1
  • noun fair and square Archaic. something that is fair. 1
  • noun fair and square Archaic. a woman. a beloved woman. 1
  • verb with object fair and square to make the connection or junction of (surfaces) smooth and even. 1
  • verb with object fair and square Shipbuilding. to draw and adjust (the lines of a hull being designed) to produce regular surfaces of the correct form. to adjust the form of (a frame or templet) in accordance with a design, or cause it to conform to the general form of a hull. to restore (a bent plate or structural member) to its original form. to align (the frames of a vessel under construction) in proper position. 1
  • verb with object fair and square to bring (rivet holes in connecting structural members) into perfect alignment. 1
  • verb with object fair and square Obsolete. to make fair. 1
  • idioms fair and square bid fair, to seem likely: This entry bids fair to win first prize. 1
  • idioms fair and square fair and square, honestly; justly; straightforwardly: He won the race fair and square. honest; just; straightforward: He was admired for being fair and square in all his dealings. 1
  • idioms fair and square fair to middling, Informal. only tolerably good; so-so. 1
  • phrase fair and square If you say that someone won a competition fair and square, you mean that they won honestly and without cheating. 0
  • noun fair and square in a correct or just way 0
  • noun fair and square with justice and honesty 0
  • adverb fair and square (Idiomatic) Totally fairly and undoubtedly. 0
  • adverb fair and square (Idiomatic) Within the applicable rules. 0
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