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Be disloyal to the woman, if only fairly (6)

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I believe the answer is:

rather

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'fairly' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'be disloyal to the woman if only' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found within the answer.
'woman' could be 'her' (her refers to a woman) and 'her' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ra' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for rather that I've seen before include "Most certainly" , "Preferably, instead" , "To a limited degree" , "Somewhat; more willingly" , "On the contrary; sooner" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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