Fairly and Terribly

Fairly

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

Terribly is an antonym for fairly.

Nearby Words: fair, fairness

Terribly

Terribly adverb - To a great degree.

Fairly is an antonym for terribly.

Nearby Word: terrible

Both words in one sentence

  • Mir from Ar tonelico is a source virus that invokes Kill All Humans plot fairly because they were horrible jerks that abused her terribly beforehand.
  • His first form is fairly harmless - does high damage with leg-based attacks, but nothing too terribly nasty.
  • Released in 1980, this arcade game by the relatively obscure company Nichibitsu stood out from other games of the time by not being terribly focused on action and having a fairly sophisticated control scheme involving two joysticks and no buttons.
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