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21fair — fair1 fairness, n. /fair/, adj., fairer, fairest, adv., fairer, fairest, n., v. adj. 1. free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice: a fair decision; a fair judge. 2. legitimately sought, pursued, done, given, etc.; proper under the rules: a fair… …
22middling — /ˈmɪdlɪŋ / (say midling) adjective 1. medium in size, quality, grade, rank, etc.; moderately large, good, etc. 2. Colloquial in fairly good health. 3. Colloquial mediocre; second rate. –adverb 4. Colloquial moderately; fairly. –noun 5. ( …
23fair — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. beautiful, handsome, good looking, pretty, comely; blond, light; unsullied, unblemished; pleasant, fine; impartial, equitable, unbiased, just; moderate, passable; clear, sunny, cloudless. See beauty …
24fair — Synonyms and related words: Christian, Junoesque, Mardi Gras, OK, Saturnalia, Saturnian, acceptable, accommodating, adequate, admissible, advantageous, affable, affably, agreeable, agreeably, alabaster, alabastrine, albescent, all right, amiable …
25middling — mid|dling [ mıdlıŋ ] adjective average in quality or size: fair to middling (=slightly better than average): an actor of fair to middling ability …
26middling — adjective informal not very good or bad, not very big or small etc; average: fair to middling (=about average): How are you? Oh, fair to middling …
27middling — adjective a town of the middling kind, neither rich nor poor Syn: average, standard, normal, middle of the road; moderate, ordinary, commonplace, everyday, workaday, tolerable, passable; run of the mill, fair, mediocre, undistinguished,… …
28middling — UK [ˈmɪd(ə)lɪŋ] / US adjective average in quality or size fair to middling (= slightly better than average): an actor of fair to middling ability …
29middling — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. medium (see mediocrity). II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. mediocre, ordinary, average, fair to middling; see common 1 , conventional 1 , 3 , traditional 2 . Syn. moderately good, ordinary, average; see… …
30fair — 1 adjective 1 REASONABLE AND ACCEPTABLE a situation, system, or way of treating people that is fair seems reasonable and acceptable: a fair wage for the job | Who said life was fair? | Everyone should have the right to a fair trial. | it is fair… …
