fairly vs sheerly

fairly

adv
  • Honestly; properly. 

  • In a fair manner; fair; not biased or skewed or favouring a certain party 

  • Softly; quietly; gently. 

  • Without blemish. 

  • Favorably; auspiciously; commodiously. 

  • Partly, not fully; somewhat. 

sheerly

adv
  • Absolutely; purely; quite. 

  • At a very steep angle; precipitously. 

How often have the words fairly and sheerly occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )