Fairlier

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    comparative form of fairly: more fairly archaic, comparative, form-of, rare

    "Bel[linda]. Pray where got you your Learning then? / Heartf[ree]. From other Peoples Expence. / Bel[linda]. That’s being a Spunger, Sir, which is ſcarce honeſt; if you’d buy ſome Experience with your own Mony, as ’twould be fairlier got, ſo ’twould ſtick longer by you."

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"Bel[linda]. Pray where got you your Learning then? / Heartf[ree]. From other Peoples Expence. / Bel[linda]. That’s being a Spunger, Sir, which is ſcarce honeſt; if you’d buy ſome Experience with your own Mony, as ’twould be fairlier got, ſo ’twould ſtick longer by you."

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