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(adverb) only a moment ago; "he has just arrived"; "the sun just now came out" |
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Synonyms: just now |
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(adverb) (intensifier) absolutely; "I just can't take it anymore"; "he was just grand as Romeo"; "it's simply beautiful!" |
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Synonyms: simply |
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(adjective) 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" |
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Antonyms: unjust |
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(adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: fair |
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(adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: equitable |
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(satellite adjective) 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 |
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Synonyms: good, upright, virtuous |
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(adverb) 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 |
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Synonyms: barely, hardly, scarce, scarcely |
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(adverb) 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" |
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Synonyms: but, merely, only, simply |
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(adverb) 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" |
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Synonyms: exactly, precisely |
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