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		sabbatic13 on Feb 17, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ways to avoid using the word 'very' How do you handle "fairly"? It is similarly polyvalent.

aestra on Feb 17, 2014 [–]

I take fairly to mean less than pretty. Oh somewhat like "ok." or the newer word "meh."

Tone of voice and situation sometimes counts though.

In order:

fairly > pretty > [the word] > very

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