Crossword clues for fairer
fairer
- Like Snow White, vis-a-vis the Queen
- Comparatively cloudless
- More comely
- More just
- Not so slanted
- Less overcast
- More susceptible to burning
- Not so biased
- Not so rainy
- Less partisan
- More sporting provisions in report on rider's backers
- Comparatively pale and more even-handed
- More attractive
- More impartial
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fair \Fair\ (f[^a]r), a. [Compar. Fairer; superl. Fairest.] [OE. fair, fayer, fager, AS. f[ae]ger; akin to OS. & OHG. fagar, Icel. fagr, Sw. fager, Dan. faver, Goth. fagrs fit, also to E. fay, G. f["u]gen, to fit. fegen to sweep, cleanse, and prob. also to E. fang, peace, pact, Cf. Fang, Fain, Fay to fit.]
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Free from spots, specks, dirt, or imperfection; unblemished; clean; pure.
A fair white linen cloth.
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Pleasing to the eye; handsome; beautiful.
Who can not see many a fair French city, for one fair French made.
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Without a dark hue; light; clear; as, a fair skin.
The northern people large and fair-complexioned.
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Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant; propitious; favorable; -- said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc.; as, a fair sky; a fair day.
You wish fair winds may waft him over.
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Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unincumbered; open; direct; -- said of a road, passage, etc.; as, a fair mark; in fair sight; a fair view.
The caliphs obtained a mighty empire, which was in a fair way to have enlarged.
--Sir W. Raleigh. (Shipbuilding) Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; -- said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.
Characterized by frankness, honesty, impartiality, or candor; open; upright; free from suspicion or bias; equitable; just; -- said of persons, character, or conduct; as, a fair man; fair dealing; a fair statement. ``I would call it fair play.''
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Pleasing; favorable; inspiring hope and confidence; -- said of words, promises, etc.
When fair words and good counsel will not prevail on us, we must be frighted into our duty.
--L' Estrange. Distinct; legible; as, fair handwriting.
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Free from any marked characteristic; average; middling; as, a fair specimen. The news is very fair and good, my lord. --Shak. Fair ball. (Baseball)
A ball passing over the home base at the height called for by the batsman, and delivered by the pitcher while wholly within the lines of his position and facing the batsman.
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A batted ball that falls inside the foul lines; -- called also a fair hit. Fair maid. (Zo["o]l.)
The European pilchard ( Clupea pilchardus) when dried.
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The southern scup ( Stenotomus Gardeni). [Virginia]
Fair one, a handsome woman; a beauty,
Fair play, equitable or impartial treatment; a fair or equal chance; justice.
From fair to middling, passable; tolerable. [Colloq.]
The fair sex, the female sex.
Syn: Candid; open; frank; ingenuous; clear; honest; equitable; impartial; reasonable. See Candid.
Wiktionary
a. (en-comparative of: fair)
Usage examples of "fairer".
Roger blew a blast on a great horn that hung on the gate, and Ralph looking round deemed he had never seen fairer building than in the castle, what he could see of it, and yet it was built from of old.
And as he looked on her he deemed her yet fairer than he had done at first.
Which of you will go to the Cross next Saturday and there buy him a fairer wife than he can wed out of our lineages?
But now come to thy meat, that thou mayest grow the fairer and last the longer.
Bourton, whom he had last seen by the wantways of the Wood Perilous, and he thought her wondrous fair, fairer than he had deemed.
I heard thee aright, there is another woman in the tale who is also fairer and wiser than other women?
Sooth to say, Joyce being well nigh as tall as the Queen, and as white of skin, was otherwise a far fairer woman.
He thought her fairer than erst, and made as if he would put his arms about her, but she held a little aloof from him, blushing yet more.
I shall sadden thee by my question, but I mind me what our last talking together was about, and therefore I must needs ask thee this, was that other one fairer than this one is?
Her hair, eyebrows, and eyelashes were the colour of pale gold, fairer almost than her skin, which was extremely delicate.
She was well-made, lively, witty, and fairer than is usual with Italian women, but to this day I cannot conceive how I fell in love with her.
Near that chaste heart they seemed to me Types of far fairer flowers to be -- The rosebuds of a human tree!
She is a quadroon, as may be seen from her fairer complexion, though her likeness to her mother is quite discernible.
In a fairer, brighter land, Where the saints rest ever, Shall I once more see her stand, White, amidst a white-robed band, Harp and palm-branch in her hand?
That when my old face was gone from me, and I had no attractions, he could love me just as well as in my fairer days.