just

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. fair, right; impartial, nonpartisan; lawful, legal, legitimate; exact, accurate, precise. See probity. —adv. precisely, exactly; almost, nearly, within an ace of. See justice.Ant., unjust, unfair.

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(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Precisely]

Syn. exactly, correctly, perfectly; see accurately .

2. [Hardly]

Syn. barely, scarcely, by very little; see hardly .

3. [Only]

Syn. merely, simply, plainly; see only 2 .

4. [At the present]

Syn. right now, just now, at this moment, presently; see now 1 .

5. [Recently]

Syn. just a while ago, lately, a moment ago; see just now , recently .

6. [*Very]

Syn. really, simply, quite; see very .

7. [Fair]

Syn. impartial, equitable, righteous; see fair 1 .

See Synonym Study at fair .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

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a.

1. fair impartial, unbiased, equitable, evenhanded, dispassionate, objective, nonpartisan, right.

2. righteous upright, decent, virtuous, moral, ethical, honorable, proper, scrupulous, principled, good.

3. deserved justified, worthy, merited, earned, due, fitting, rightful.

4. accurate right, correct, precise, sound, valid, true.

ANT.: 1. unfair, partial, biased. 2. corrupt, immoral, unprincipled. 3. undeserved, unearned. 4. inaccurate, imprecise

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adv.

1. only merely, simply.

2. barely hardly, narrowly, *bythe skinofone'steeth.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I adjective 1. Free from bias in judgment: disinterested, dispassionate, equitable, fair, fair-minded, impartial, indifferent, nonpartisan, objective, square, unbiased, unprejudiced. Idiom: fair and square. See FAIR. 2. Consistent with prevailing or accepted standards or circumstances: appropriate, deserved, due, fit1, fitting, merited, proper, right, rightful, suitable. See RIGHT. 3. Based on good judgment, reasoning, or evidence: cogent, solid, sound2, tight, valid, well-founded, well-grounded. See GOOD, REASON. II adverb 1. In an exact manner: even1, exactly, precisely. See PRECISE, SAME. 2. With precision or absolute conformity: bang, dead, direct, directly, exactly, fair, flush, precisely, right, smack1, square, squarely, straight. Slang: smack-dab. See PRECISE. 3. To the fullest extent: absolutely, all, altogether, completely, dead, entirely, flat, fully, perfectly, quite, thoroughly, totally, utterly, well2, wholly. Informal: clean, clear. Idioms: in toto, through and through. See BIG, LIMITED. 4. Only a moment ago: newly, recently. See TIME. 5. By a very little; almost not: barely, hardly, scarce, scarcely. See NEAR. 6. Nothing more than: merely, only. See INCLUDE, SPECIFIC.