Fairly and Like

Fairly

Fairly adverb - To some degree or extent.
Usage example: for someone without professional training, she sings fairly well

Like and fairly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Like" instead an adverb "Fairly".

Nearby Words: fair, fairness

Like

Like adverb - To some degree or extent.
Usage example: the cat would curl up, tightly like, and just go to sleep

Fairly and like are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fairly" instead an adverb "Like".

Nearby Words: likely, likeness, liking, liked, likeable

Both words in one sentence

  • Happens fairly often, actually, like when he visits Beckett at home and, due to having a stalker at the time, she opens the door with her gun pointed at him.
  • All Planets Are Earth-Like The planet Khan was found on had been Earth-like but had since become fairly toxic.
  • A few others like Script were fairly common in their day but have been superseded by more workable digital script fonts like Zapfino, Mistral, or Brush Script.
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