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Sentences with fairly

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  • Both ships are fairly new.
  • Were you always fairly bright at school?
  • To spice things up a tad further, the writers have also thrown into the mix a supposedly steamy, but actually fairly lame.
  • Chilli is fairly high on the agenda at Hallah but there are dishes in which you can have some respite.
  • He fairly flew across the room.
  • It can no doubt be fairly argued that Sir John, whose pay is linked to performance, is entitled to every penny.
  • It will need to spell out a scenario whereby Budget balance is regained fairly quickly, probably by 2014/15 if not earlier.
  • The jacket is suggested with a few fairly schematic touches, with some modelling by means of slightly curved, round strokes.
  • The hall fairly rang with applause
  • fairly hot
  • He gave the impression of having been fairly subdued by his long prison life and I always wondered how he had stayed intact.
  • Fairly, pretty, quite, and rather can all be used to modify adjectives and adverbs, but are all less strong than very. Rather and pretty are the strongest of these words and are the closest to very. Pretty, in this sense, is informal. Therefore, if you said to someone, 'Your work is pretty good' or 'Your work is rather good', they would be more likely to be pleased than if you said 'Your work is quite good' or 'Your work is fairly good'. However, rather is commonly used with words indicating negative qualities. I was feeling rather sad. It is the only one of these words than can be used with comparatives, and with too. Global warming could be rather worse than we think it will be... He was becoming rather too friendly with my ex-boyfriend. Quite is slightly stronger than fairly, and may suggest that something has more of a quality than expected. Nobody here's ever heard of it but it is actually quite common.
  • He fairly flew across the room
  • A claim fairly made.
  • fairly seen.
  • The wheels fairly spun.
  • A jury is expected to ensure that the accused is fairly judged.
  • A town fairly situated for foreign trade
  • Consumer laws aim to have consumers fairly treated.
  • The weather this weekend will be fairly dry.
  • A fairly heavy rain.
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