The phrase "a fairly confident" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a level of confidence that is moderate or reasonable, often in relation to a belief or opinion.
Example: "After reviewing the evidence, I feel a fairly confident conclusion can be drawn about the results."
Alternatives: "somewhat confident" or "reasonably confident".
10.42am BST Katherine's Waste Diary - Day 6 I'm a fairly confident that I'm on track to have a zero waste day today.
Even being a fairly confident and logical child, and despite understanding that a drink had no effect on my complexion, I changed my mind.
Today, I am a fairly confident fryer, attributable mainly to my splatter screen, an inexpensive piece of wire mesh that goes over the frying pan and prevents grease from flying around.
From the moment he came into the national side he was always a fairly confident guy – and he scored 151 in the first dig so it was well placed – but he always had a lot of respect for the older players and was willing to learn.
I'm a fairly confident kayaker, but my boat suddenly seems unstable in the water.
Their prior experiences can give you a fairly confident idea of their perspective and expertise on company-building.
A few were fairly confident they knew when their child had an RTI which needed antibiotics.
My doctor, a distinguished specialist, is fairly confident I have an autoimmune disorder affecting the optic nerves (chronic relapsing inflammatory optic neuritis) but he can't tell me why it started, how to stop it, or why – despite the steroids – it keeps flaring up so destructively.
With business investment recovering and a continuing impetus from the boom in public spending, this requires a slowdown in the growth of consumption but not a collapse.The Bank is fairly confident it can achieve a soft landing for the consumer, not least since interest rates may have to rise to a peak of only 5% in order to restrain the economy.
On a 40 year time scale, I am fairly confident that a low-carbon economy is possible, with electrical and biofuel surface vehicles; aircraft partly on biofuels; ships on micronuclear or biodiesel; electricity powered by renewables and electrical storage to manage intermittency, as well as some nuclear and gas.
Even though there are some elections that will almost certainly be nailbiters, and even though occasionally a challenger surprises an incumbent with an upset, we can be fairly confident about the outcomes of many races.
