Crossword clues for fairest
fairest
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-superlative of: fair)
Wikipedia
Fairest is a 2006 novel by Gail Carson Levine. It uses some plot elements of the classic Snow White and set in the same world as Ella Enchanted. The kingdom of Ayortha, the setting of the story, is the neighboring kingdom of Kyrria, where Ella Enchanted was set and the story makes several allusions to the previous work.
Fairest, a spin-off of Fables, is a monthly comic series created by Bill Willingham, published by DC's Vertigo. Fairest details the adventures and stories of Fabletown's female citizens and heroines. Willingham has stated that Fairest will comprise a lengthy six-issue story arc followed by a single, standalone issue.
It was announced in November 2013 that the series would end in early 2015.
Fairest may refer to:
- Fairest (novel), a 2006 fantasy novel by Gail Carson Levine
- Fairest (comics), an ongoing monthly Vertigo comic series by Bill Willingham
Usage examples of "fairest".
Though accompanied, during his northern excursions, by friends whose socialities and conversation forbade deep thought, or even serious remark, it will be seen by those who read his lyrics with care, that his wreath is indebted for some of its fairest flowers to the Highlands.
Phoenix is fairest above all others and there cannot be more than one phoenix at a time, so Fenice, I deem, had no peer for beauty.
He will show him the fairest and most beautiful place that he ever saw.
Thou hast slain the choicest creature and the fairest picture--if she had but remained alive!
Now go and busy yourself about it, and set your tomb, as is right and meet, in the fairest place in the cemetery.
There shouldst thou see several of the fairest beauties of France and Britain form a small circle, the brilliancy of which exceeds ten-thousandfold the lustre of mines of diamonds such as thine.
Christendom should not be free, in all honourable service, to devote his hand and sword, the fame of his actions, and the fixed devotion of his heart, to the fairest princess who ever wore coronet on her brow!
The hermit of Engaddi --he whom Popes and Councils have regarded as a prophet--hath read in the stars that thy marriage shall reconcile me with a powerful enemy, and that thy husband shall be Christian, leaving thus the fairest ground to hope that the conversion of the Soldan, and the bringing in of the sons of Ishmael to the pale of the church, will be the consequence of thy wedding with Saladin.
The messenger who delivered it neglected to declare that the visitor would be the fairest flower of the Court.
This fairest, most elusive of winged navigators travels far before it finds its rest.
Indeed, they were the fairest of all, possessing a beauty that was intoxicating, almost paralyzing.
I do, I will send thee to Annwvyn in my stead, and I will give thee the fairest lady thou didst ever behold, to be thy companion, and I will put my form and semblance upon thee, so that not a page of the chamber, nor an officer, nor any other man that has always followed me shall know that it is not I.
And with them came in likewise the Queen, who was the fairest woman that he ever yet beheld.
And Pryderi, the son of Pwyll the chief of Annwvyn, was brought up carefully as was fit, so that he became the fairest youth, and the most comely, and the best skilled in all good games, of any in the kingdom.
Now she was one of the three chief ladies of this Island, and she was the fairest damsel in the world.