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fairly

US /ˈfɛrli/

adverb Core · B1 Đời sống hằng ngày

Definition

to a moderately sufficient extent or degree

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

The new software is fairly easy to learn for most employees.

Word Family

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Synonyms

  • reasonablyto a moderately sufficient extent or degree
  • moderatelyto a moderately sufficient extent or degree
  • equitablyin an equitable manner

Collocations

  • Easy fairly good
    describing fairly good (to a moderately sufficient extent or degree)
  • Medium treat staff fairly and equitably
    to treat staff fairly and equitably, meaning to interact in a certain way
  • Hard distributed fairly across regions
    to distributed fairly across regions, meaning to administer or bestow, as in small portions
  • Very Hard compete fairly within antitrust limits
    to compete fairly within antitrust limits, meaning to compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others

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