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Just

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Definitions for Just

adjective
used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting
Examples
  1. a just and lasting peace"- A.Lincoln
  2. a kind and just man
  3. a just reward
  4. his just inheritance
adjective
fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience
Synonyms
equitable
Examples
  1. equitable treatment of all citizens
  2. an equitable distribution of gifts among the children
adjective
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception
Synonyms
fair
Examples
  1. conforming with established standards or rules
  2. a fair referee
  3. fair deal
  4. on a fair footing
  5. a fair fight
  6. by fair means or foul
adjective
of moral excellence
Synonyms
good upright
Examples
  1. a genuinely good person
  2. a just cause
  3. an upright and respectable man
adverb
and nothing more
Synonyms
merely simply only but
Examples
  1. I was merely asking
  2. it is simply a matter of time
  3. just a scratch
  4. he was only a child
  5. hopes that last but a moment
adverb
indicating exactness or preciseness
Synonyms
precisely exactly properly
Examples
  1. he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do
  2. it was just as he said--the jewel was gone
  3. it has just enough salt
  4. Properly speaking, all true work is religion."--Thomas Carlyle
adverb
only a moment ago
Synonyms
just now
Examples
  1. he has just arrived
  2. the sun just now came out
adverb
(used for emphasis) absolutely
Synonyms
simply
Examples
  1. I just can't take it anymore
  2. he was just grand as Romeo
  3. it's simply beautiful!
adverb
only a very short time before
Synonyms
barely hardly scarcely scarce
Examples
  1. we hardly knew them
  2. had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open
  3. would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats
adverb
possibly (indicating a slight chance of something being true)
Examples
  1. it might just happen
adverb
exactly at this moment or the moment described
Examples
  1. we've just finished painting the walls, so don't touch them
adverb
by a little
Synonyms
barely
Examples
  1. I only just caught the bus
  2. he finished the marathon in just under 3 hours
  3. it was barely 5 a.m.
  4. the network has barely 5 percent of viewers
  5. the batter just missed being hit

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