Just - Definition

adv 1: 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" [syn: merely, simply,
just, only, but]
2: 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" [syn:
precisely, exactly, just]
3: only a moment ago; "he has just arrived"; "the sun just now
came out" [syn: just, just now]
4: absolutely; "I just can't take it anymore"; "he was just
grand as Romeo"; "it's simply beautiful!" [syn: just,
simply]
5: only a very short time before; "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 [syn: barely, hardly, just,
scarcely, scarce]
6: exactly at this moment or the moment described; "we've just
finished painting the walls, so don't touch them";
adj 1: 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" [ant: unjust]
2: fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience;
"equitable treatment of all citizens"; "an equitable
distribution of gifts among the children" [syn: equitable,
just] [ant: inequitable, unjust]
3: free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception;
conforming with established standards or rules; "a fair
referee"; "fair deal"; "on a fair footing"; "a fair fight";
"by fair means or foul" [syn: fair, just] [ant: unfair,
unjust]
4: of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just
cause"; "an upright and respectable man" [syn: good,
just, upright]