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Of good disposition. Hall i well. IMG:content-1028.png:[blocks in formation] fair-leader (far'lē"dėr), n . Naut .: ( a ) A thim- ble or cringle to guide a rope. (b) A strip of board with holes in it for running rigging to pa through and be kept clear, so as to be easily distinguished at night. fairly (far'li), adv. [ fayrely (= ODan. fagerlig , faverlig , fagrligr , a.); fair1 +-ly2.] 1. In a fair man- ner. (a) Beautifully; handsomely. Within a trading town their long abide, Full fairly situate on a haven's side. Dryden. (b) Honestly; justly; equitably; honorably. My chief care Is to come fairly off from the great debts Wherein my time, something too prodigal, Hath left me gag'd. Shak . M. of V., i. 1. Fair-leader, def. (6). If you are noble enemies, Oppre me not with odds, but kill me fairly ! Fletcher (and another ), Love's Cure, i. 3. (c) Fully; clearly; distinctly. Degree being vizarded, The unworthiest shows as fairly in the mask. Shak ., T. and C., 1. 3. Dryden. I interpret fairly your design. (d) Reasonably; moderately; measurably; considerably. Such arcades must be bad indeed to be wholly unsatisfactory, and some of those at Gorizia are very fairly done. E. A. Freeman, Venice, p. 49. In a fairly coherent dream everything seems quite real. W. K. Clifford, Lectures, II. 141. The Latin of the twelfth century is fairly good and grammatical Latin. Stubbs , Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 152. (e) Absolutely; positively; actually; completely: an intensive or emphatic word: as, I am fairly worn out; the wheels fairly spun.