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: a 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