Just
[dʒʌst]
Definition
(adj.) used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting; 'a just and lasting peace'- A.Lincoln; 'a kind and just man'; 'a just reward'; 'his just inheritance' .
(adv.) exactly at this moment or the moment described; 'we've just finished painting the walls, so don't touch them';.
(adv.) only a moment ago; 'he has just arrived'; 'the sun just now came out'.
(adv.) absolutely; 'I just can't take it anymore'; 'he was just grand as Romeo'; 'it's simply beautiful!'.
Typist: Nelda--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; upright; righteous; honest; true; -- said both of persons and things.
(a.) Not transgressing the requirement of truth and propriety; conformed to the truth of things, to reason, or to a proper standard; exact; normal; reasonable; regular; due; as, a just statement; a just inference.
(a.) Rendering or disposed to render to each one his due; equitable; fair; impartial; as, just judge.
(adv.) Precisely; exactly; -- in place, time, or degree; neither more nor less than is stated.
(adv.) Closely; nearly; almost.
(adv.) Barely; merely; scarcely; only; by a very small space or time; as, he just missed the train; just too late.
(v. i.) To joust.
(n.) A joust.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Equitable, right, rightful, lawful, reasonable.[2]. Honest, fair, upright, righteous, blameless, pure, conscientious, uncorrupt, virtuous, honorable, impartial, even-handed, straightforward.[3]. Exact, true, proper, accurate, correct, normal, regular.[4]. Deserved, merited, condign, suitable, due.
ad. Exactly, precisely.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Exact, fitting, true, fair, proportioned, harmonious, honest, reasonable,sound, honorable, normal, impartial, equitable, upright, regular, orderly,lawful, right, righteous, proper
ANT:Inexact, misfitted, disproportioned, illproportioned, untrue, inharmonious,unfair, unreasonable, unsound, dishonorable, partial, unequitable, unjust,irregular, abnormal, disorderly
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Definition
adv. lawful: upright: exact: regular: true: righteous.—adv. precisely almost exactly very lately (coll.) quite barely.—adv. Just′ly in a just manner: equitably: uprightly: accurately: by right.—n. Just′ness equity: propriety: exactness.
n. a tilt. Same as Joust.
n. the encounter of two knights on horseback at a tournament.—v.i. to run in the tilt.
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Examples
- Father's a sweeter singer than ever; you'd never have forgotten it, if you'd aheard him just now. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Nothing, he said, can be more just than such a description of him. Plato. The Republic.
- Take me with you, I said, just to gratify my curiosity. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Tis just this, sir. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He took pains to prove that he only just tolerated me. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He has just been saying that he doesn't care to speak of it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He was always well dressed, very neat and plain, but his eyes were weak, just as mine are, and he wore tinted glasses against the glare. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I will tell you it just as it happened, sir, said he. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He was born in the tenth year of our marriage, just when I had given up all hope of being a father. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- And still the unjust must appear just; that is 'the homage which vice pays to virtue. Plato. The Republic.
- It has only just rained into them. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- His mother left the room; then, moved by insupportable regret, I just murmured the words Dr. Bretton. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Here's a burial volume, just the thing! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- No my dear lady, in regard to my being employed just now, looking out for work. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- As I had had some previous experience with the statements of mining men, I concluded I would just send down a small plant and prospect the field before putting up a large one. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- You are so kind to us, we feel as if you were our brother and say just what we think. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- You that should be models of industry are just as gossip-loving as the idle. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Aye, very true, my dear, cried the latter, though Jane had not spoken a wordI was just going to say the same thing. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The path just admitted three. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Human nature appears to be just the same, all over the world. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- You went away just when it began, Clym, she said. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It was while I was in the carriage, just as we reached the trainer's house, that the immense significance of the curried mutton occurred to me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I thank you for restraining me just now. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- When I left, Estella was yet standing by the great chimney-piece, just as she had stood throughout. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He flourished back and got his cup and set it down triumphantly, and said: Just try that mixture once, Captain Duncan. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Twemlow has just presence of mind enough to say aloud: 'Very like! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Sewed into my gown,' with her hand upon her breast, 'is just enough to lay me in the grave. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- We shall just be in time to have a little breakfast with him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I say, Dob, I feel just as I did on the morning I went out with Rocket at Quebec. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I chatted with everybody who addressed me, just long enough to ascertain that they were uninteresting people. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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