Synonyms

only merely simply but

Examples

"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"

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exactly precisely

Examples

"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"

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just_now

Examples

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

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simply

Examples

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

Synonyms

hardly barely scarcely scarce

Examples

"they could barely hear the speaker" "we hardly knew them" "just missed being hit" "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

Examples

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

Synonyms

good virtuous upright

Examples

"a genuinely good person" "a just cause" "an upright and respectable man" "the life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous"- Frederick Douglass

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equitable

Examples

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

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fair

Examples

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