- 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
Origin of just
Middle English from Old French juste from Classical Latin justus, lawful, rightful, proper from jus, right, law: see jury- 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
just Idioms
just about
Informal almost; nearly
just now
a moment ago
just the same
Informal nevertheless
