# fairly

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ˈfɛə(ɹ).li/ · frequency rank #2,994

## Definitions
1. In a fair manner; fair; not biased or skewed or favouring a certain party
2. Favorably; auspiciously; commodiously.
3. Honestly; properly.
4. Softly; quietly; gently.
5. Partly, not fully; somewhat.
6. Almost; practically.
7. Of handwriting: neatly and legibly.

## Etymology
From Middle English fayrly, fayrely, vayrliche, equivalent to fair + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **fairy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fairly-vs-fairy)
- **fairs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fairly-vs-fairs)
- **filly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fairly-vs-filly)
- **family** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fairly-vs-family)
- **firmly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fairly-vs-firmly)
- **Farley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fairly-vs-farley)
- **flirty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fairly-vs-flirty)
- **fairway** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fairly-vs-fairway)
- **fair** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fair-vs-fairly)
- **fail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fail-vs-fairly)
- **fails** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fails-vs-fairly)
- **fairer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fairer-vs-fairly)
- **faintly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faintly-vs-fairly)

## Common misspellings (9)
`afirly`, `failry`, `fairlly`, `fairlyy`, `fairrly`, `fairyl`, `farily`, `ffairly`, `fiarly`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/fairly