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justness

Variant of just

adjective

  1. right or fair; equitable; impartial: a just decision
  2. righteous; upright: a just man
  3. deserved; merited: just praise
  4. legally right; lawful; rightful
  5. proper, fitting, etc.: a just balance of colors
  6. well-founded; reasonable: a just suspicion
  7. correct or true: a just report
  8. accurate; exact: a just measure

adverb

  1. neither more nor less than; precisely; exactly: just one o'clock
  2. almost at the point of; nearly: just preparing to leave
  3. no more than; only: just a taste, just teasing you
  4. by a very small amount; barely: to just miss a train
  5. a very short time ago: she has just left
  6. immediately: just east of the church
  7. Informal quite; really: to feel just fine

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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