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unˈfairly, adv.
[un-1 11.]
1. In an unfair manner; inequitably, unjustly.
1713Butler Let. to S. Clarke i. (1716) 8 If I have..in any respect argu'd unfairly, I assure you it was without design. a1768Secker Serm. (1771) VII. xiii. 283 To use even those unfairly, who have used us so, is very bad: but to use any one unfairly, because Another hath used Us so, is..monstrously wicked. 1796[see unduly 1]. 1848Kingsley Yeast ii, Argemone..fancying herself, and not unfairly, very intellectual. 1877Huxley Physiogr. 84 It might, therefore, not unfairly be assumed that the carbonic acid..would tend to settle down in a stratum near the ground.
2. By unfair or foul means.
1791Mrs. Radcliffe Rom. Forest v, There were strong reasons to believe he came unfairly to his end. |