just

used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting

“{'source': 'A.Lincoln', 'text': 'a just and lasting peace'}”

“a kind and just man”

“a just reward”

“his just inheritance”

fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience

“equitable treatment of all citizens”

“an equitable distribution of gifts among the children”

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”

of moral excellence

“a genuinely good person”

“a just cause”

“an upright and respectable man”

and nothing more

“I was merely asking”

“it is simply a matter of time”

“just a scratch”

“he was only a child”

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”

“{'source': 'Thomas Carlyle', 'text': 'Properly speaking, all true work is religion.'}”

only a moment ago

“he has just arrived”

“the sun just now came out”

(used for emphasis) absolutely

“I just can't take it anymore”

“he was just grand as Romeo”

“it's simply beautiful!”

only a very short time before

“we hardly knew them”

“had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open”

“{'source': 'W.B.Yeats', 'text': 'would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave'}”

possibly (indicating a slight chance of something being true)

“it might just happen”