done or made using whatever is available
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improvised

jury-rigged

makeshift

sample sentences

"crossed the river on improvised bridges"
"the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear"
"the rock served as a makeshift hammer"

someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

juror

juryman

jurywoman

someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

juror

juryman

jurywoman

the legal code of ancient Rome; codified under Justinian; the basis for many modern systems of civil law
<noun.communication>

Justinian code

Roman law

civil law

jus civile

the principle that a person's nationality at birth is the same as that of his natural parents
<noun.cognition>

jus sanguinis

the principle that a person's nationality at birth is determined by the place of birth
<noun.cognition>

jus soli

a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior
<noun.relation>

imperative

imperative form

imperative mood

jussive mood

used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

just

sample sentences

"a just and lasting peace"- A.Lincoln
"a kind and just man"
"a just reward"
"his just inheritance"

free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 10

fair

just

sample sentences

"a fair referee"
"fair deal"
"on a fair footing"
"a fair fight"
"by fair means or foul"

fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

equitable

just

sample sentences

"equitable treatment of all citizens"
"an equitable distribution of gifts among the children"

of moral excellence
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

good

just

upright

sample sentences

"a genuinely good person"
"a just cause"
"an upright and respectable man"

and nothing more
<adv.all>   freq. cnt.: 541 freq. cnt.: 258 freq. cnt.: 162 freq. cnt.: 73 freq. cnt.: 46 freq. cnt.: 2

but

just

merely

only

simply

sample sentences

"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"

indicating exactness or preciseness
<adv.all>   freq. cnt.: 152 freq. cnt.: 95 freq. cnt.: 37 freq. cnt.: 20

exactly

just

precisely

properly

sample sentences

"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"
"Properly speaking, all true work is religion."--Thomas Carlyle

only a moment ago
<adv.all>   freq. cnt.: 53 freq. cnt.: 52 freq. cnt.: 1

just

just now

sample sentences

"he has just arrived"
"the sun just now came out"

(used for emphasis) absolutely
<adv.all>   freq. cnt.: 42 freq. cnt.: 33 freq. cnt.: 9

just

simply

sample sentences

"I just can't take it anymore"
"he was just grand as Romeo"
"it's simply beautiful!"

only a very short time before
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barely

hardly

just

scarce

scarcely

sample sentences

"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

exactly at this moment or the moment described
<adv.all>

just

sample sentences

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

by a little
<adv.all>

barely

just

sample sentences

"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"

possibly (indicating a slight chance of something being true)
<adv.all>

just

sample sentences

"it might just happen"

(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
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about

approximately

around

close to

just about

more or less

or so

roughly

some

sample sentences

"lasted approximately an hour"
"in just about a minute"
"he's about 30 years old"
"I've had about all I can stand"
"we meet about once a month"
"some forty people came"
"weighs around a hundred pounds"
"roughly $3,000"
"holds 3 gallons, more or less"
"20 or so people were at the party"

at the same time as
<adv.all>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

even as

just as

sample sentences

"even as he lay dying they argued over his estate"
"the building collapsed just as he arrived"

an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved and fitting
<noun.event>

comeupance

comeuppance

just deserts

poetic justice

if there happens to be need
<adv.all>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

in case

just in case

sample sentences

"in case of trouble call 911"
"I have money, just in case"

at the last possible moment
<adv.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

in the nick of time

just in time

sample sentences

"she was saved in the nick of time"

only a moment ago
<adv.all>   freq. cnt.: 53 freq. cnt.: 52 freq. cnt.: 1

just

just now

sample sentences

"he has just arrived"
"the sun just now came out"

in every detail
<adv.all>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

just right

to a T

to perfection

to the letter

sample sentences

"the new house suited them to a T"

in a careful manner
<adv.all>

just so

sample sentences

"you must treat this plant just so"

the appropriate or desirable thing
<noun.attribute>

just the ticket

ticket

sample sentences

"this car could be just the ticket for a small family"

at a particular time in the past
<adv.all>

just then

sample sentences

"just then the bugle sounded"

(psychophysics) the difference between two stimuli that (under properly controlled experimental conditions) is detected as often as it is undetected
<noun.cognition>

jnd

just-noticeable difference

the quality of being just or fair
<noun.attribute>   freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 16

justice

justness

judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6

justice

a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 1

judge

jurist

justice

a local magistrate with limited powers
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

justice of the peace

formerly a high judicial officer
<noun.person>

justiciar

justiciary

the jurisdiction of a justiciar
<noun.location>

justiciary

formerly a high judicial officer
<noun.person>

justiciar

justiciary

capable of being justified
<adj.all>

justifiable

with good reason
<adv.all>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

justifiably

sample sentences

"he is justifiably bitter"

something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary
<noun.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

justification

sample sentences

"he considered misrule a justification for revolution"

a statement in explanation of some action or belief
<noun.communication>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

justification

the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning
<noun.act>

justification

sample sentences

"the justification of barbarous means by holy ends"- H.J.Muller

providing justification
<adj.all>

justificative

justificatory

vindicatory

attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

defensive

justificative

justificatory

providing justification
<adj.all>

justificative

justificatory

vindicatory

attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

defensive

justificative

justificatory

having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins
<adj.all>

justified