Dirty
Dirty adjective - Not clean.
Fairly
Fairly adverb - According to the rules or the law.
Usage example: had acquired the land fairly
Both words in one sentence
- Both stories are fairly similar in how they're told (a romanticized view), but the latter is arguably darker with a more dreary and dirty atmosphere and claustrophobic feel.
Source: Dueling Works / Film Drama -
Dirty Communists: General Gogol, though his conversation with an American General counterpart is actually fairly benign.
Source: Film / Moonraker - Despite being fairly ruthless in regard to criminals (and suspected by many of being a dirty cop), Chicago P.D.'s Sgt.
Source: Wouldn't Hurt a Child
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