fairly

Etymology

From Middle English fayrly, fayrely, vayrliche, equivalent to fair + -ly.

adv

1. (manner) In a fair manner; fair; not biased or skewed or favouring a certain party
   A jury is expected to ensure that the accused is fairly judged.
2. Favorably; auspiciously; commodiously.
   a town fairly situated for foreign trade
3. Honestly; properly.
   Consumer laws aim to have consumers fairly treated.
   10. You will be civil and attentive to passengers, giving proper assistance to ladies and children getting in or out, and never start the car before passengers are fairly received or landed. 1859, Alexander Easton, “Rules adopted by the Sixth Avenue Railway, N. Y.”, in A Practical Treatise on Street or Horse-Power Railways, page 108
4. Softly; quietly; gently.
5. (degree) Partly, not fully; somewhat.
   The weather this weekend will be fairly dry.
   My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price. 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 3, in Mr. Pratt's Patients
   The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices). It was used to make kerosene, the main fuel for artificial lighting after overfishing led to a shortage of whale blubber. 2013-08-03, “Yesterday’s fuel”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847
6. (dated) Almost; practically.
   We quadrilled, waltzed, and conversed, in all of which my clever partner excelled; and her charms, combined with the excellent champagne I imbibed, fairly dazzled my imagination. 1834, Arthur Courtenay, Autobiography and Letters of Arthur Courtenay, page 36
   Betty grew so nervous and frightened, that she fairly bawled to her colleague, Moggy, and told her she would not stay in the room unless she sat up all night with her. 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard
7. (archaic) Of handwriting: neatly and legibly.
   That Pen, which now writes blottingly, might be well made at first, and will write fairly again […] 1653, John Gauden, Hieraspistes, page 248