fair
/ˈfɛɚ/ adjective A1- Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent. · one's fair name· After scratching out and replacing various words in the manuscript, he scribed a fair copy to send to the publisher.
- Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond and red hair. · She had fair hair and blue eyes.
- Just. · He must be given a fair trial.
- Adequate, reasonable, or decent, but not excellent. · Their performance has been only fair.· The patient was in a fair condition after some treatment.
- Favorable to a ship's course.
- Favorable, pleasant. · The weather was fair today.
- Not overcast; cloudless; clear. · a fair sky
- Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unencumbered; open; direct; said of a road, passage, etc. · a fair mark; in fair sight; a fair view
Comparative fairer · Superlative fairest
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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It’s hardly fair of you, Mr.
If at this moment the sweet voice of Renée had sounded in his ears pleading for mercy, or the fair Mercédès had entered and said, “In the name of God, I conjure you to restore me my affianced husband,” his cold and trembling hands would have signed his release; but no voice broke the stillness of the chamber, and the door was opened only by Villefort’s valet, who came to tell him that the travelling carriage was in readiness.
On the other hand, I said that I would play the game fairly by you, and I do not think it is a fair game to allow you for one unnecessary moment to waste your energies upon a profitless task.
My bed is waiting cool and fresh, with linen smooth and fair,
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