fair


fair (http://definr.com/fair)

     adj 1: free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception;
            or conforming with established standards or rules; "a
            fair referee; "fair deal"; "on a fair footing"; "a
            fair fight"; "by fair means or foul" [syn: just]
            [ant: unfair]
     2: showing lack of favoritism; "the cold neutrality of an
        impartial judge" [syn: impartial] [ant: partial]
     3: more than adequate in quality; "fair work"
     4: not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable
        prices" [syn: fairish, reasonable]
     5: visually appealing; "our fair city" [syn: sightly]
     6: very pleasing to the eye; "my bonny lass"; "there's a bonny
        bay beyond"; "a comely face"; "young fair maidens" [syn: bonny,
         bonnie, comely]
     7: (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines; "he hit a fair
        ball over the third base bag" [ant: foul]
     8: of no exceptional quality or ability; "a novel of average
        merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair
        health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from
        mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling
        at best" [syn: average, mediocre, middling]
     9: attractively feminine (especially in the phrase "the fair
        sex") [syn: fair(a)]
     10: (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections;
         "fair copy"; "a clean manuscript" [syn: clean]
     11: free of clouds or rain; "today will be fair and warm"
     12: (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored; "a fair
         complexion"; [syn: fairish]
     n 1: a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of
          skill etc. [syn: carnival, funfair]
     2: gathering of producers to promote business: "world fair";
        "trade fair"; "book fair"
     3: a competitive exhibition of farm products; "she won a blue
        ribbon for her baking at the county fair"
     4: a sale of miscellany; often for charity; "the church bazaar"
        [syn: bazaar]
     adv 1: in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or
            cheating; "they played fairly" [syn: fairly, clean]
            [ant: unfairly]
     2: in a fair evenhanded manner; "deal fairly with one another"
        [syn: fairly, without favoring one party, evenhandedly]
     v : join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly