► fairlymore than a little, but much less than very: The house has a fairly large yard. She speaks English fairly well.
► reasonably fairly. Used when someone or something is satisfactory, but not perfect: The team is playing reasonably well, but they could do better.
► pretty informal pretty means the same as fairly: I’m pretty good at math, but I’m better at English.
► quite fairly, and more than you expected: I was surprised – the food at the cafe was quite good!
► rather rather means the same as fairly but sounds more formal: They beat the other team rather easily and went on to the finals.
► moderately formal in the middle between a little and very: The series was only moderately successful when it was first shown.