"fairly" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈfɛə(ɹ).li/ [UK], /ˈfɛɹ.li/ [US] Audio: en-us-fairly.ogg [US] Forms: more fairly [comparative], most fairly [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)li Etymology: From Middle English fayrly, fayrely, vayrliche, equivalent to fair + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fayrly}} Middle English fayrly, {{m|enm|fayrely}} fayrely, {{m|enm|vayrliche}} vayrliche, {{suffix|en|fair|ly}} fair + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} fairly (comparative more fairly, superlative most fairly)
  1. (manner) In a fair manner; fair; not biased or skewed or favouring a certain party Synonyms: justly, frankly Translations (in a fair manner): مِن اَلْعَدْل (min al-ʕadl) (Arabic), بِالْعَدْل (bi l-ʕadl) (Arabic), справедли́во (spravedlívo) (Bulgarian), безпристра́стно (bezpristrástno) (Bulgarian), francament (Catalan), verdaderament (Catalan), 公正地 (gōngzhèng de) (Chinese Mandarin), spravedlivě (Czech), poctivě (Czech), justement (French), gerecht (German), 公正に (kōsei ni) (alt: こうせいに) (Japanese), ак ниет менен (ak niyet menen) (Kyrgyz), ак ниеттик менен (ak niyettik menen) (Kyrgyz), адилеттик менен (adilettik menen) (Kyrgyz), адилеттик кылып (adilettik kılıp) (Kyrgyz), туура (tuura) (Kyrgyz), чыдарлык (cıdarlık) (Kyrgyz), ыраазы болуп (ıraazı bolup) (Kyrgyz), канааттанып (kanaattanıp) (Kyrgyz), fair (Polish), justamente (Portuguese), справедли́во (spravedlívo) (Russian), беспристра́стно (bespristrástno) (Russian), francamente (Spanish), abiertamente (Spanish), rättvist (Swedish), справедли́во (spravedlývo) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-fairly-en-adv-Cshm2Q-w Topics: manner Disambiguation of 'in a fair manner': 93 0 4 0 2 1 0
  2. Favorably; auspiciously; commodiously. Translations (favorably; auspiciously; commodiously): příznivě (Czech)
    Sense id: en-fairly-en-adv-qaAPDRf0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 26 0 16 30 10 13 Disambiguation of 'favorably; auspiciously; commodiously': 1 84 3 3 5 2 2
  3. Honestly; properly. Translations (honestly; properly): че́стно (čéstno) (Bulgarian), justament (Catalan), čestně (Czech), správně (Czech), че́стно (čéstno) (Russian), че́сно (čésno) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-fairly-en-adv-maFV9bB~ Disambiguation of 'honestly; properly': 8 2 84 1 3 1 1
  4. Softly; quietly; gently.
    Sense id: en-fairly-en-adv--5pl8Fkb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 26 0 16 30 10 13
  5. (degree) Partly, not fully; somewhat. Synonyms: somewhat, pretty, quite, somewhat Translations (partly, not fully; somewhat): μετρίως (metríōs) (Ancient Greek), сравни́телно (sravnítelno) (Bulgarian), горе-долу (gore-dolu) (Bulgarian), força (Catalan), assez (French), réasúnta (Irish), hanga (note: Placed before the word it modifies) (Maori), bastante (Portuguese), сравни́тельно (sravnítelʹno) (Russian), отча́сти (otčásti) (Russian), дово́льно (dovólʹno) (Russian), bastante (Spanish), ค่อนข้าง (kɔ̂n-kâang) (Thai), досить (dosytʹ) (Ukrainian), певною мірою (pevnoju miroju) (Ukrainian), khá (Vietnamese), eithaf (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-fairly-en-adv-3WOVq8GK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English positive polarity items, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 26 0 16 30 10 13 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 6 18 1 16 37 11 10 Disambiguation of English positive polarity items: 5 20 0 18 40 6 11 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 6 20 0 16 36 10 12 Disambiguation of 'partly, not fully; somewhat': 6 3 1 3 80 6 2
  6. (dated) Almost; practically. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-fairly-en-adv-~LLbAIQy
  7. (archaic) Of handwriting: neatly and legibly. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-fairly-en-adv-QAzEYA87 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 26 0 16 30 10 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fairly and squarely

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
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      "form": "more fairly",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "most fairly",
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        "superlative"
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    "fair‧ly"
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          "text": "A jury is expected to ensure that the accused is fairly judged.",
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          "fair",
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          "_dis1": "93 0 4 0 2 1 0",
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          "_dis1": "93 0 4 0 2 1 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gōngzhèng de",
          "sense": "in a fair manner",
          "word": "公正地"
        },
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          "_dis1": "93 0 4 0 2 1 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "in a fair manner",
          "word": "spravedlivě"
        },
        {
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "in a fair manner",
          "word": "poctivě"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 0 4 0 2 1 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "in a fair manner",
          "word": "justement"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 0 4 0 2 1 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "in a fair manner",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "93 0 4 0 2 1 0",
          "alt": "こうせいに",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kōsei ni",
          "sense": "in a fair manner",
          "word": "公正に"
        },
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          "_dis1": "93 0 4 0 2 1 0",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "ak niyet menen",
          "sense": "in a fair manner",
          "word": "ак ниет менен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 0 4 0 2 1 0",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "ak niyettik menen",
          "sense": "in a fair manner",
          "word": "ак ниеттик менен"
        },
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          "_dis1": "93 0 4 0 2 1 0",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "adilettik menen",
          "sense": "in a fair manner",
          "word": "адилеттик менен"
        },
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          "_dis1": "93 0 4 0 2 1 0",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "adilettik kılıp",
          "sense": "in a fair manner",
          "word": "адилеттик кылып"
        },
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          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
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          "sense": "in a fair manner",
          "word": "туура"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "cıdarlık",
          "sense": "in a fair manner",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 0 4 0 2 1 0",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "ıraazı bolup",
          "sense": "in a fair manner",
          "word": "ыраазы болуп"
        },
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          "_dis1": "93 0 4 0 2 1 0",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "kanaattanıp",
          "sense": "in a fair manner",
          "word": "канааттанып"
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        {
          "_dis1": "93 0 4 0 2 1 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "in a fair manner",
          "word": "fair"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 0 4 0 2 1 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "in a fair manner",
          "word": "justamente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 0 4 0 2 1 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "spravedlívo",
          "sense": "in a fair manner",
          "word": "справедли́во"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 0 4 0 2 1 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bespristrástno",
          "sense": "in a fair manner",
          "word": "беспристра́стно"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 0 4 0 2 1 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in a fair manner",
          "word": "francamente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 0 4 0 2 1 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in a fair manner",
          "word": "abiertamente"
        },
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          "_dis1": "93 0 4 0 2 1 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "in a fair manner",
          "word": "rättvist"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 0 4 0 2 1 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "spravedlývo",
          "sense": "in a fair manner",
          "word": "справедли́во"
        }
      ]
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            "Entry maintenance"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a town fairly situated for foreign trade",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Favorably; auspiciously; commodiously."
      ],
      "id": "en-fairly-en-adv-qaAPDRf0",
      "links": [
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          "Favorably",
          "favorably"
        ],
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          "auspiciously",
          "auspiciously"
        ],
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          "commodiously"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 84 3 3 5 2 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "favorably; auspiciously; commodiously",
          "word": "příznivě"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Consumer laws aim to have consumers fairly treated.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1859, Alexander Easton, “Rules adopted by the Sixth Avenue Railway, N. Y.”, in A Practical Treatise on Street or Horse-Power Railways, page 108",
          "text": "10. You will be civil and attentive to passengers, giving proper assistance to ladies and children getting in or out, and never start the car before passengers are fairly received or landed.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Honestly; properly."
      ],
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          "Honestly",
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          "properly",
          "properly"
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 2 84 1 3 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "čéstno",
          "sense": "honestly; properly",
          "word": "че́стно"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 2 84 1 3 1 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "honestly; properly",
          "word": "justament"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 2 84 1 3 1 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "honestly; properly",
          "word": "čestně"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 2 84 1 3 1 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "honestly; properly",
          "word": "správně"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 2 84 1 3 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "čéstno",
          "sense": "honestly; properly",
          "word": "че́стно"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 2 84 1 3 1 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "čésno",
          "sense": "honestly; properly",
          "word": "че́сно"
        }
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Softly; quietly; gently."
      ],
      "id": "en-fairly-en-adv--5pl8Fkb",
      "links": [
        [
          "Softly",
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        [
          "quietly",
          "quietly"
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          "gently",
          "gently"
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    },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "kind": "other",
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        }
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        {
          "text": "The weather this weekend will be fairly dry.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 August 3, “Yesterday’s fuel”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847",
          "text": "The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices). It was used to make kerosene, the main fuel for artificial lighting after overfishing led to a shortage of whale blubber.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Partly, not fully; somewhat."
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      "links": [
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        [
          "fully",
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        [
          "somewhat",
          "somewhat"
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      "qualifier": "degree",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(degree) Partly, not fully; somewhat."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "somewhat"
        },
        {
          "word": "pretty"
        },
        {
          "word": "quite"
        },
        {
          "word": "somewhat"
        }
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          "_dis1": "6 3 1 3 80 6 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "sravnítelno",
          "sense": "partly, not fully; somewhat",
          "word": "сравни́телно"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 3 80 6 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "gore-dolu",
          "sense": "partly, not fully; somewhat",
          "word": "горе-долу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 3 80 6 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "partly, not fully; somewhat",
          "word": "força"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 3 80 6 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "partly, not fully; somewhat",
          "word": "assez"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 3 80 6 2",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "metríōs",
          "sense": "partly, not fully; somewhat",
          "word": "μετρίως"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 3 80 6 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "partly, not fully; somewhat",
          "word": "réasúnta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 3 80 6 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "note": "Placed before the word it modifies",
          "sense": "partly, not fully; somewhat",
          "word": "hanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 3 80 6 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "partly, not fully; somewhat",
          "word": "bastante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 3 80 6 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sravnítelʹno",
          "sense": "partly, not fully; somewhat",
          "word": "сравни́тельно"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 3 80 6 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otčásti",
          "sense": "partly, not fully; somewhat",
          "word": "отча́сти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 3 80 6 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dovólʹno",
          "sense": "partly, not fully; somewhat",
          "word": "дово́льно"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 3 80 6 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "partly, not fully; somewhat",
          "word": "bastante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 3 80 6 2",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "kɔ̂n-kâang",
          "sense": "partly, not fully; somewhat",
          "word": "ค่อนข้าง"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 3 80 6 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "dosytʹ",
          "sense": "partly, not fully; somewhat",
          "word": "досить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 3 80 6 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pevnoju miroju",
          "sense": "partly, not fully; somewhat",
          "word": "певною мірою"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 3 80 6 2",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "partly, not fully; somewhat",
          "word": "khá"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 3 80 6 2",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "partly, not fully; somewhat",
          "word": "eithaf"
        }
      ]
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      "sense": "in a fair manner",
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      "sense": "in a fair manner",
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      "sense": "in a fair manner",
      "word": "poctivě"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "in a fair manner",
      "word": "justamente"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "word": "força"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "partly, not fully; somewhat",
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      "code": "grc",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "word": "réasúnta"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "note": "Placed before the word it modifies",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "th",
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      "sense": "partly, not fully; somewhat",
      "word": "ค่อนข้าง"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "dosytʹ",
      "sense": "partly, not fully; somewhat",
      "word": "досить"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pevnoju miroju",
      "sense": "partly, not fully; somewhat",
      "word": "певною мірою"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "partly, not fully; somewhat",
      "word": "khá"
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    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "partly, not fully; somewhat",
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}

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