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to be fair

to be fair adverb: synonym of in fairness.

Adverb

to be fair (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of in fairness.
    • Now, to be fair, most of the games were okay, but they're the same kind of games you might as well be playing on your TV screen.February 19, 2008, James Rolfe, "Virtual Boy", in Angry Video Game Nerd Season 3
    Synonyms:
    TBF, in fairness

Synonyms of to be fair

Questions about to be fair

What does to be fair mean?
To be fair means synonym of in fairness.
What part of speech is to be fair?
To be fair is an adverb.

Words near to be fair in the dictionary

  1. to and froing
  2. to and fros
  3. to arms
  4. to be continued
  5. to be expected
  6. to be fair
  7. to be frank
  8. to be going on with
  9. to be honest
  10. to be named later
  11. to be precise

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