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Fairly fair (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pretty

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'fairly' is the definition.
(I know that fairly can be written as pretty)

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(Other definitions for pretty that I've seen before include "Moderately" , "chocolate-box" , "sweet" , "Fairly; appealing" , "Rather attractive" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph, The Times and The Guardian.
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