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fair

adjective
  1. Having qualities that delight the eye: attractive, beauteous, beautiful, comely, good-looking, gorgeous, handsome, lovely, pretty, pulchritudinous, ravishing, sightly, stunning. Scots: bonny. Idiom: easy on the eyes. See beautiful
  2. Having light hair: blond, fair-haired, towheaded. See colors
  3. Of a light color or complexion: alabaster, ivory, light 1, pale. See colors
  4. Free from clouds or mist, for example: clear, cloudless, fine 1, sunny, unclouded. See clear
  5. Indicative of future success or full of promise: auspicious, benign, bright, brilliant, favorable, fortunate, good, propitious. See luck
  6. Free from bias in judgment: disinterested, dispassionate, equitable, fair-minded, impartial, indifferent, just, nonpartisan, objective, square, unbiased, unprejudiced. Idiom: fair and square. See fair
  7. Just to all parties: equal, equitable, even 1, evenhanded. See same
  8. According to the rules: clean, sporting, sportsmanlike, sportsmanly. See fair
  9. Of moderately good quality but less than excellent: acceptable, adequate, all right, average, common, decent, fairish, goodish, moderate, passable, respectable, satisfactory, sufficient, tolerable. Informal: OK, tidy. See good
adverb
  1. In a fair, sporting manner: cleanly, correctly, fairly, properly. See fair
  2. With precision or absolute conformity: bang, dead, direct, directly, exactly, flush, just, precisely, right, smack 1, square, squarely, straight. Slang: smack-dab. See precise
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