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ALL meanings of fairer

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  • adjective fairer free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice: a fair decision; a fair judge. 1
  • adjective fairer legitimately sought, pursued, done, given, etc.; proper under the rules: a fair fight. 1
  • adjective fairer moderately large; ample: a fair income. 1
  • adjective fairer neither excellent nor poor; moderately or tolerably good: fair health. 1
  • adjective fairer marked by favoring conditions; likely; promising: in a fair way to succeed. 1
  • adjective fairer 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 fairer Nautical. (of a wind or tide) tending to aid the progress of a vessel. 1
  • adjective fairer unobstructed; not blocked up: The way was fair for our advance. 1
  • adjective fairer without irregularity or unevenness: a fair surface. 1
  • adjective fairer free from blemish, imperfection, or anything that impairs the appearance, quality, or character: Her fair reputation was ruined by gossip. 1
  • adjective fairer easy to read; clear: fair handwriting. 1
  • adjective fairer of a light hue; not dark: fair skin. 1
  • adjective fairer pleasing in appearance; attractive: a fair young maiden. 1
  • adjective fairer seemingly good or sincere but not really so: The suitor beguiled his mistress with fair speeches. 1
  • adjective fairer courteous; civil: fair words. 1
  • adjective fairer 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 fairer Dialect. scarcely; barely: It was just fair daylight when we started working. 1
  • adverb fairer in a fair manner: He doesn't play fair. 1
  • adverb fairer straight; directly, as in aiming or hitting: He threw the ball fair to the goal. 1
  • adverb fairer favorably; auspiciously. 1
  • adverb fairer British, Australian. entirely; completely; quite: It happened so quickly that it fair took my breath away. 1
  • noun fairer Archaic. something that is fair. 1
  • noun fairer Archaic. a woman. a beloved woman. 1
  • verb with object fairer to make the connection or junction of (surfaces) smooth and even. 1
  • verb with object fairer 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 fairer to bring (rivet holes in connecting structural members) into perfect alignment. 1
  • verb with object fairer Obsolete. to make fair. 1
  • idioms fairer bid fair, to seem likely: This entry bids fair to win first prize. 1
  • idioms fairer 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 fairer fair to middling, Informal. only tolerably good; so-so. 1
  • noun fairer Comparative form of fair. 1
  • adjective fairer comparative form of fair: more fair. 0
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