to be fair

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to be fair

adverb

  1. not comparable 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.

    Similar: TBF, in fairness

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@misc{to_be_fair_2026,
  title = {to be fair},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/to%20be%20fair},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}