Fairly
Next to
Next to adverb - Very close to but not completely.
Usage example: bought it for next to nothing
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Oh, and to hit the point home, it's first introduced in a Black Heaven cutscene: Flying next to it are more enemy ships, each fairly large, but tiny in comparison.
Source: Understatement -
Normal jumping in City of Heroes follows fairly realistic physics, with next to no air control.
Source: Jump Physics -
And finally, there's Ogdenville, which gets mentioned fairly often but which we know next to nothing about.
Source: Hufflepuff House
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Next to and Fairly. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fairly/next_to
Fairly & Next to. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/fairly/next_to>.
Next to or Fairly. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/fairly/next_to.
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