just
just1 definition
just (just)
adjective
- right or fair; equitable; impartial a just decision
- righteous; upright a just man
- deserved; merited just praise
- legally right; lawful; rightful
- proper, fitting, etc. a just balance of colors
- well-founded; reasonable a just suspicion
- correct or true a just report
- accurate; exact a just measure
Etymology: ME < OFr juste < L justus, lawful, rightful, proper < jus, right, law: see jury
adverb
- neither more nor less than; precisely; exactly just one o'clock
- almost at the point of; nearly just preparing to leave
- no more than; only just a taste, just teasing you
- by a very small amount; barely to just miss a train
- a very short time ago she has just left
- immediately just east of the church
- Informal quite; really to feel just fine
Related Forms:
- justness just′·ness noun
just Idioms
just about
Informal almost; nearly
just now
a moment ago
just the same
☆Informal nevertheless
just2 definition
just (just)
noun, intransitive verb
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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