fair
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
How often you will meet it
Rank 479 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 42,829 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.020% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules also: just a fair refereefair deal
- not excessive or extreme also: fairish, reasonable a fairish incomereasonable prices
- very pleasing to the eye also: bonny, bonnie, comely, sightly my bonny lassthere's a bonny bay beyond
- (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines he hit a fair ball over the third base bag
- lacking exceptional quality or ability also: average, mediocre, middling a novel of average meritonly a fair performance of the sonata
- attractively feminine the fair sex
fair in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Ah, ha! perhaps some relation to Bartja's faithful fair one!
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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The thing indeed was fair enough, had I been in another condition.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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One citizen, Is lord of two fair manors, call'd you master, Only for caviare.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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You have an exceptional degree, and I presume a fair knowledge of the world.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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He was not above twelve years old, fair, blue-eyed, and kind in temper to every living thing.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1