Fair and Nigh

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Fair adverb - According to the rules or the law.

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Nigh and fair are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nigh" instead an adverb "Fair".

Nearby Words: fairness, fairly, faired, fairground

Nigh adverb - Very close to but not completely.

Usage example: he has nigh completed his degree

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Fair and nigh are semantically related. (British) Sometimes you can use "Fair" instead an adverb "Nigh".

It doesn't seem like a fair trade at first, since Rynn is a mere mortal and Arokh is a nigh-unstoppable dragon but apparently, only killing Arokh kills Rynns as well, not vice versa.

Source: Synchronization
Though to be fair, two of those are derived from toys of Optimus Primal, and the last two are nigh identical, but separate, characters using the same toy.

Source: Everything's Better with Monkeys
Although to be fair to the old boy, he essentially made it extremely clear that he was just a (hyperpowered and nigh on invulnerable) man, not a god.

Source: Scale of Scientific Sins

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