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Definition of just

"just" in the adjective sense

1. just

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"

2. equitable, just

fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience

"equitable treatment of all citizens"

"an equitable distribution of gifts among the children"

3. fair, just

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"

4. good, just, upright

of moral excellence

"a genuinely good person"

"a just cause"

"an upright and respectable man"

"just" in the adverb sense

1. merely, simply, just, only, but

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"

2. precisely, exactly, just, properly

indicating exactness or preciseness

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

"it was just as he said

3. just, just now

only a moment ago

"he has just arrived"

"the sun just now came out"

4. just, simply

used for emphasis) absolutely

"I just can't take it anymore"

"he was just grand as Romeo"

"it's simply beautiful!"

5. barely, hardly, just, scarcely, scarce

only a very short time before

"we hardly knew them"

"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

6. just

possibly (indicating a slight chance of something being true

"it might just happen"

7. just

exactly at this moment or the moment described

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

8. barely, just

by a little

"I only just caught the bus"

"he finished the marathon in just under 3 hours"

"it was barely 5 a.m."

"the network has barely 5 percent of viewers"

"the batter just missed being hit"

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Quotations for just

The just medium. [ Louis Philippe ]

Genius is just patience. [ French Proverb ]

Just education forms the man. [ Gay ]

He who is only just is cruel. [ Byron ]

Love is more just than justice. [ Henry Ward Beecher ]

Be just before you be generous. [ Proverb ]

There are no laws for just men. [ German Proverb ]

Even the just man has need of help. [ Italian Proverb ]

Let us be merciful as well as just. [ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ]

A just fortune awaits the deserving. [ Statius ]

Don't get me right, I'm just asking. [ Yogi Berra ]

The great soul of this world is just. [ Carlyle ]

I am just going to leap into the dark. [ Rabelais ]

God befriend us, as our cause is just. [ William Shakespeare ]

We cannot be just if we are not humane. [ Vauvenargues ]

There shall no evil happen to the just. [ Bible ]

You can observe a lot just by watching. [ Yogi Berra ]

Blessings are upon the head of the just. [ Bible ]

That war only is just which is necessary. [ Proverb ]

With just enough of learning to misquote. [ Byron ]

With fame, in just proportion, envy grows. [ Young ]

Just death, kind umpire of men's miseries. [ William Shakespeare ]

He was my friend, faithful and just to me. [ Jul. Caes ]

It's not too far, it just seems like it is. [ Yogi Berra ]

The tongue of the just is as choice silver. [ Bible ]

The public? The public is just a great baby. [ Dr. Chalmers ]

Fire trieth iron, and temptation a just man. [ Thomas à Kempis ]

Dear beauteous death, the jewel of the just. [ Henry Vaughan ]

Just to fill the hour — that is happiness. [ Emerson ]

His hair just grizzled as in a green old age. [ Dryden ]

It is natural to covet just what we have not. [ Achilles Poincelot ]

Just as the twig is bent the tree is inclined. [ Pope ]

To the just Gods, not us, pertaineth vengeance. [ Thomson ]

Slump? I ain't in no slump. I just ain't hitting. [ Yogi Berra ]

I knew exactly where it was, I just couldn't find it. [ Yogi Berra ]

Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. [ Johnson ]

A sleeping beggar is just as happy as a sleeping king. [ J. Linen ]

My heart contains of good, wise, just, the perfect shape. [ Milton ]

I prefer the hardest terms of peace to the most just war. [ C. J. Fox ]

I will never stoop so low to take up just nothing at all. [ Proverb ]

A nobody is just the person to find fault with everybody. [ E. P. Day ]

To condemn a just commendation, is to kick at a kindness. [ Proverb ]

The rose was budded in her cheek, just opening to the view. [ Mallet ]

A man may have a just esteem of himself without being proud. [ Proverb ]

Emulation is a noble and just passion, full of appreciation. [ Schiller ]

Every man has just as much vanity as he wants understanding. [ Pope ]

Only the actions of the just smell sweet and blossom in the dust. [ James Shirley ]

He who is only just is stern; he who is only wise lives in gloom. [ Voltaire ]

Tale-bearers, as I said before, are just as bad as the tale-makers. [ Sheridan ]

A good taste is often unconscious; a just taste is always conscious. [ Mrs. Jameson ]

He who refuses what is just, gives up everything to an enemy in arms. [ Luc ]

He is a hard man who is only just, and he a sad man who is only wise. [ Voltaire ]

Great men rejoice in adversity just as brave soldiers triumph in war. [ Seneca ]

Oaths were not purposed more than law to keep the good and just in awe. [ Samuel Butler ]

Like the last beam of evening thrown on a white cloud, just seen and gone. [ Walter Scott ]

The laws of nature are just, but terrible. There is no weak mercy in them. [ Longfellow ]

The just season of doing things must be nicked, and all accidents improved. [ L'Estrange ]

Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends. [ Plutarch ]

Ask a kite for a feather, and she'll say, she has but just enough to fly with. [ Proverb ]

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just in Scrabble®

The word just is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters just:

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just in Words With Friends™

The word just is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 14

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