just

Words with a similar base: just, just_now

'just'

[just.a.01] as in: used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting; - A.Lincoln

Examples:
a just and lasting peace
a kind and just man
a just reward
his just inheritance

'just'

[equitable.a.01] as in: fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience

Examples:
equitable treatment of all citizens
an equitable distribution of gifts among the children

'just'

[fair.a.01] as in: free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules

Examples:
a fair referee
fair deal
on a fair footing
a fair fight
by fair means or foul

'just'

[good.s.05] as in: of moral excellence

Examples:
a genuinely good person
a just cause
an upright and respectable man

'just'

[merely.r.01] as in: and nothing more

Examples:
I was merely asking
it is simply a matter of time
just a scratch
he was only a child
hopes that last but a moment

'just'

[precisely.r.01] as in: indicating exactness or preciseness

Examples:
he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do
it was just as he said--the jewel was gone
it has just enough salt

'just'

[just.r.03] as in: only a moment ago

Examples:
he has just arrived
the sun just now came out

'just'

[just.r.04] as in: absolutely

Examples:
I just can't take it anymore
he was just grand as Romeo
it's simply beautiful!

'just'

[barely.r.01] as in: only a very short time before; ; ; ; ; - W.B.Yeats

Examples:
they could barely hear the speaker
we hardly knew them
just missed being hit
had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open
would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave

'just'

[just.r.06] as in: exactly at this moment or the moment described

Examples:
we've just finished painting the walls, so don't touch them

Origins

					just (English)
└── juste (English)
    └── iustus (Latin)

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