just

and nothing more

• “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”

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”
• “it has just enough salt”

only a moment ago

• “he has just arrived”
• “the sun just now came out”

absolutely

• “I just can”
• “;”
• “;”
• “s simply beautiful!”

by a small margin

• “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” W.B.Yeats

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”

implying justice dictated by reason, conscience, and a natural sense of what is fair to all

• “equitable treatment of all citizens”
• “an equitable distribution of gifts among the children”

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

• “a fair referee”
• “fair deal”
• “on a fair footing”
• “a fair fight”
• “by fair means or foul”

of moral excellence

• “a genuinely good person”
• “a just cause”
• “an upright and respectable man”
• “the life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous” Frederick Douglass