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