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- adjective
superlative form offair : mostfair .
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Examples
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a brief statement that the union had "walked away" from the mediated talks, which he described as the "fairest and fastest" way of resolving the dispute.
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in brief remarks that the union had "walked away" from the mediated talks, which he described as the "fairest and fastest" way of resolving the dispute.
NFL lockout is now in effect; pro football enters first work stoppage since 1987 2011
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So I lay with her that night; none fairer I ever knew; and, when it was morning, the damsels carried me to the Hammam bath and bathed me and robed me in fairest apparel.
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So I think, as we call the fairest branched leaves 'Apolline,' we will call the fairest flowing ones 'Arethusan.'
Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers John Ruskin 1859
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The ancient Persians said Satan was an angel or genius who had made war upon the Dives and the Peris, that is, the fairest of the East.
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And Aphrodite came to him and whispered, 'Paris, dear Paris, let me be called the fairest and I will make you beautiful, and the fairest woman in the world will be your wife.'
The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy Padraic Colum 1926
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Each of the three goddesses who was there wished to be known as the fairest and each claimed the golden apple -- Aphrodite who inspired love;
The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy Padraic Colum 1926
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And Aphrodite came to him and whispered, Paris, dear Paris, let me be called the fairest and I will make you beautiful, and the fairest woman in the world will be your wife.
Part I. Chapter VI 1918
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Each of the three goddesses who was there wished to be known as the fairest and each claimed the golden appleAphrodite who inspired love; Athene who gave wisdom; and Hera who was the wife of Zeus, the greatest of the gods.
Part I. Chapter VI 1918
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My mother was lovelier than I, as was her mother, or so I have heard, since only the fairest were the wives of the Kings of the Children of Wisdom.
When the World Shook; being an account of the great adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot Henry Rider Haggard 1890
hernesheir commented on the word fairest
Who is the fairest of them all? Why, ruzuzu, of course!
March 22, 2011
yarb commented on the word fairest
Excellent. Next time my fai need a rest, I will know where to put them.
March 22, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word fairest
:-)
Remind me to avoid apples.
March 22, 2011
hernesheir commented on the word fairest
Word has it that Eve didn't (avoid apples).
March 22, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word fairest
Hm. I was also thinking of kallisti.
March 22, 2011
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word fairest
Hey- Ruzuzu!
I have plenty of avocados over here. Would you fancy a bite?
March 23, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word fairest
Um, thanks!
*sniffs one*
*pretends to take a bite*
*watches p_u's reaction*
March 23, 2011
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word fairest
>: )
Where's your handsome prince now, princess?
March 24, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word fairest
Oh, he's probably walking into a party like he's walking onto a... a....
*yawns*
*pretends to faint*
*keeps one eye open*
March 24, 2011
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word fairest
MWAHAHAHAHAHA!
*vanishes in dust and smoke*
*watches ruzuzu in a crystal ball from a far off tower*
March 24, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word fairest
*sits up*
*looks around for Toto and the seven dwarves*
March 24, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word fairest
*rescues self*
March 24, 2011
hernesheir commented on the word fairest
Hey ruzuzu, click your heels 3 times and you're suddenly home, but no less the fairest.
March 24, 2011
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word fairest
*grabs h. and holds knife to throat*
You will eat that avocado ruzuzu! If you don't, your fairy godmother will DIE!
March 25, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word fairest
*carefully picks up the basket full of fufluns for Grandma, then suddenly wheels around and lobs one at p_u*
I have precision aim--good luck seeing through all that frosting!
March 25, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word fairest
Wasn't Grandma's house made out of fufluns?
March 25, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word fairest
Yes--ginger funfluns. But the first few weren't. I think there was one made of straw, and there was one made of bricks.
March 25, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word fairest
Oh, now I remember - a Little, Small, Wee Straw House, a Middle-sized Brick House, and a Great, Huge Fuflun House.
March 25, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word fairest
*ducks*
March 25, 2011
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word fairest
Haha! And you thought fufluns could hurt me??
*disposes of fairy godmother (sorry h.)*
I AM A FUFLUN!
*shape-shifts*
Fee Fi Fo Fum...
March 25, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word fairest
*replaces h's stuffing with new straw, hands the oil can to the Tin Prolagus, then looks around for Sneezy, Happy, Grumpy, Bilby, and Doc*
March 26, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word fairest
Toto! Toto, where are you?
March 26, 2011
bilby commented on the word fairest
I'm allocated the role of Dopey? Thanks very much :-(
*launches Inter-Continental Ballistic Marshmallow at ruzuzu*
March 26, 2011
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word fairest
*slinks away to watch havoc from crystal ball*
March 26, 2011
hernesheir commented on the word fairest
...my head all full of stuffin'...
March 26, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word fairest
Sorry. "Grumpy" was already taken.
*shrugs*
*uses magical laser beam to vaporize marshmallow from Oz*
March 26, 2011