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in a fair way

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

Likely; having a good chance (of or to something).

Examples

Jack, among his friends, had raised money sufficient to fee an Old Bailey counsel, who, by blustering and cross-examination, succeeded in so flabbergastering the simple witnesses for the prosecution, that the prisoner was in a fair way of being acquitted; […]”
He's in a fair way to be King.”
“[…] he's in a fair way of dying of love for an actress; he won't say who she is.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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