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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a fairly ugly" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is not attractive to a moderate degree.
Example: "The painting was a fairly ugly representation of the landscape, lacking any charm or beauty."
Alternatives: "somewhat unattractive" or "rather unappealing".
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A fairly ugly polycarbonate shell doesn't scream quality, but that's fine, because the $379 (roughly £250) price is too busy whispering bargain.
Another doctor examined her and said that she did not have gas gangrene, though she did have a fairly ugly compound fracture.
It's called the Smart Cap and it's connected, for some reason, to a fairly ugly hat.
The Sino-U.S. relationship is getting into "a fairly ugly period," where there might not be a window for negotiations until 2019, or after mid-term elections in the U.S., he says.
It's also a fairly ugly spot, full of mangled plantation trees and bullet holes in signs.
When we "norms" pump gas, it's usually a fairly ugly affair but somehow that wasn't the case for Selena.
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"We've lost two games in a row fairly ugly," cornerback Jason Sehorn said.
So, you know, you hit that two-and-a-half-year high, and then it got fairly ugly thereafter.
Then she said, "If I was going to announce my retirement, it would probably not be in a downtown Los Angeles hotel with this fairly ugly carpet".
Then she said, "If I was going to announce my retirement, it would probably not be in a downtown Los Angeles hotel with this fairly ugly carpet". That was classic Sharapova: at once haughty and self-mocking, and very much in control.
The destination is Manly, a popular beach fringed with pines, and, sadly, some fairly ugly apartment blocks.
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