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   Just

   /jəst/

   

   adjective

   • 1. based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair: "a just and democratic society" Similar fairfair-mindedequitableeven-handedimpartialunbiasedobjectiveneutraldisinterestedunprejudicedopen-mindednonpartisannondiscriminatoryanti-discriminationhonorableuprightupstandingdecenthonestrighteousethicalmoralvirtuousprincipledfull of integritygoodright-mindedstraightreasonablescrupuloustrustworthyincorruptibletruthfulsincereinformal:squareOpposite unjustunfair
   • ▪ (of treatment) deserved or appropriate in the circumstances: "we all get our just deserts" Similar deservedwell deservedwell earnedmeritedearnedrightfuldueproperfittingappropriateaptsuitablebefittingformal:condignarchaic:meetOpposite undeserved
   • ▪ (of an opinion or appraisal) well founded; justifiable: "these simplistic approaches have been the subject of just criticism" Similar validsoundwell foundedwell groundedjustifiedjustifiablewarrantedwarrantabledefensibledefendablelegitimatereasonablelogicalrare:vindicableOpposite unfairwrongful

   adverb

   • 1. exactly: "that's just what I need" Similar exactlypreciselyabsolutelycompletelytotallyentirelyperfectlyutterlywhollythoroughlyaltogetherin every wayin every respectin all respectsquiteinformal:down to the groundto a Tbang ondeadon the money
   • ▪ exactly or almost exactly at this or that moment: "she's just coming"
   • 2. very recently; in the immediate past: "I've just seen the local paper" Similar a moment agoa second agoa short time agovery recentlynot long agolatelyonly now
   • 3. barely; by a little: "inflation fell to just over 4 percent" Similar by a narrow marginnarrowlyonly justby inchesby a hair's breadthby the narrowest of marginsbarelyscarcelyhardlyinformal:by the skin of one's teethby a whisker
   • 4. simply; only; no more than: "they were just interested in making money" Similar onlymerelysimplybutnothing butno more thanat bestat mostaloneto the exclusion of everyone/everything elseand no one elseand nothing elsenobbutinformal:sommer
   • ▪ really; absolutely (used for emphasis): "they're just great" Similar reallyabsolutelycompletelyentirelytotallyaltogetherpositivelyquiteone hundred percentindeedtruly
   • ▪ used as a polite formula for giving permission or making a request: "just help yourselves"
   • ▪ possibly (used to indicate a slight chance of something happening or being true): "it might just help"
   • 5. expressing agreement: "“Simon really messed things up.” “Didn't he just?”"

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin justus, from jus ‘law, right’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. justness noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • J

     8

   • U

     1

   • S

     1

   • T

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