OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 7084

fair

/fɛə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
bello
Beautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality.
Monday's child is fair of face.
There was once a knight who wooed a fair young maid.
inocente
Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.
After scratching out and replacing various words in the manuscript, he scribed a fair copy to send to the publisher.
one's fair name
pastel
Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond and red hair.
She had fair hair and blue eyes.
the northern people large and fair-complexioned
ecuánime • equitativo • justo
Just.
He must be given a fair trial.
“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems wh…
razonable
Adequate, reasonable, or decent, but not excellent.
The patient was in a fair condition after some treatment.
Their performance has been only fair.
viento de popa
Favorable to a ship's course.
I shipped with them and becoming friends, we set forth on our venture, in health and safety; and sailed with a fair wind, till we came to a city called Madínat-al-Sín; […]
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