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in a fair way

in a fair way prepositional phrase: likely; having a good chance (of or to something).

Prepositional phrase

in a fair way

  1. Likely; having a good chance (of or to something).
    • Jack, among his friends, had raised money sufficient to fee an Old Bailey counsel, who, by blustering and cross-examination, succeeded in so flabbergastering the simple witnesses for the prosecution, that the prisoner was in a fair way of being acquitted; […]1853, John Yonge Akerman, Wiltshire Tales, page 131
    • He's in a fair way to be King.1874, Mr. Crown (John), James Maidment, William Hugh Logan, The Dramatic Works of John Crowne (volume 4, page 138)

Questions about in a fair way

What does in a fair way mean?
In a fair way means likely; having a good chance (of or to something).
What part of speech is in a fair way?
In a fair way is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in a fair way in the dictionary

  1. in a cleft stick
  2. in a corner
  3. in a couple of shakes
  4. in a crack
  5. in a dither
  6. in a fair way
  7. in a family way
  8. in a few shakes
  9. in a fix
  10. in a flap
  11. in a flash

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