Definitions for the word "just" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. a.
Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; upright; righteous; honest; true; -- said both of persons and things.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. a.
Not transgressing the requirement of truth and propriety; conformed to the truth of things, to reason, or to a proper standard; exact; normal; reasonable; regular; due; as, a just statement; a just inference.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. a.
Rendering or disposed to render to each one his due; equitable; fair; impartial; as, just judge.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. adv.
Precisely; exactly; -- in place, time, or degree; neither more nor less than is stated.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. adv.
Closely; nearly; almost.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. adv.
Barely; merely; scarcely; only; by a very small space or time; as, he just missed the train; just too late.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. i.
To joust.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
A joust.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. adj.
1 morally right or fair. 2 (of treatment etc.) Deserved (just reward). 3 well-grounded; justified (just anger). 4 right in amount etc.; proper. adv. 1 exactly (just what i need). 2 a little time ago; very recently (has just seen them). 3 colloq. Simply, merely (just good friends; just doesn''t make sense). 4 barely; no more than (just managed it). 5 colloq. Positively; indeed (just splendid; won''t i just tell him!). 6 quite (not just yet). just about colloq. Almost exactly; almost completely. Just in case as a precaution. Just now 1 at this moment. 2 a little time ago. Just the same = all the same. Just so 1 exactly arranged (everything just so). 2 it is exactly as you say. justly adv. Justness n. [latin justus from jus right]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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