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Entry 8 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Just

/jŭst/ · IPA /d͡ʒʌst/
01 a. Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; upright; righteous; honest; tr…
  1. 1.
    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.
    “There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.” — Eccl. vii. 20.
    “Just balances, just weights, . . . shall ye have.” — Lev. xix. 36.
    “How should man be just with God?” — Job ix. 2.
    “We know your grace to be a man. Just and upright.” — Shak.
  2. 2.
    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.
    “Just of thy word, in every thought sincere.” — Pope.
    “The prince is here at hand: pleaseth your lordship To meet his grace just distance 'tween our armies.” — Shak.
    “He was a comely personage, a little above just stature.” — Bacon.
    “Fire fitted with just materials casts a constant heat.” — Jer. Taylor.
    “When all The war shall stand ranged in its just array.” — Addison.
    “Their names alone would make a just volume.” — Burton.
  3. 3.
    Rendering or disposed to render to each one his due; equitable; fair; impartial; as, just judge.
    “Men are commonly so just to virtue and goodness as to praise it in others, even when they do not practice it themselves.” — Tillotson.
Phrases & compounds
Just intonation — The correct sounding of notes or intervals; true pitch
Syn. Equitable; upright; honest; true; fair; impartial; proper; exact; normal; orderly; regular.
02 adv. Precisely; exactly; -- in place, time, or degree; neither more nor less than is stated.
  1. 1.
    Precisely; exactly; -- in place, time, or degree; neither more nor less than is stated.
    “And having just enough, not covet more.” — Dryden.
    “The god Pan guided my hand just to the heart of the beast.” — Sir P. Sidney.
    “To-night, at Herne's oak, just 'twixt twelve and one.” — Shak.
  2. 2.
    Closely; nearly; almost.
    “Just at the point of death.” — Sir W. Temple.
  3. 3.
    Barely; merely; scarcely; only; by a very small space or time; as, he just missed the train; just too late.
    “A soft Etesian gale But just inspired and gently swelled the sail.” — Dryden.
Phrases & compounds
Just now — the least possible time since; a moment ago.
03 v. i. To joust.
  1. 1.
    To joust.
04 n. A joust.
  1. 1.
    A joust.