just

adjective

  1. 1

    free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules

    a fair referee

    fair deal

  2. 2

    fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience

    equitable treatment of all citizens

    an equitable distribution of gifts among the children

  3. 3

    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

  4. 4

    of moral excellence

    a genuinely good person

    a just cause

adverb

  1. 1

    only a very short time before

    they could barely hear the speaker

    we hardly knew them

  2. 2

    exactly at this moment or the moment described

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

  3. 3

    and nothing more

    I was merely asking

    it is simply a matter of time

  4. 4

    only a moment ago

    he has just arrived

    the sun just now came out

  5. 5

    indicating exactness or preciseness

    he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do

    it was just as he said--the jewel was gone

  6. 6

    absolutely

    I just can't take it anymore

    he was just grand as Romeo

Synonyms

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