Definition: free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
Usage: a fair referee; fair deal; on a fair footing; a fair fight; by fair means or foul
Definition: fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience
Usage: equitable treatment of all citizens; an equitable distribution of gifts among the children
Main entry: just
Definition: used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting
Usage: a just and lasting peace- A.Lincoln; a kind and just man; a just reward; his just inheritance
Main entry: just, upright, good
Definition: of moral excellence
Usage: a genuinely good person; a just cause; an upright and respectable man
Main entry: hardly, just, barely, scarce, scarcely
Definition: only a very short time before
Usage: 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
Main entry: just
Definition: exactly at this moment or the moment described
Usage: we've just finished painting the walls, so don't touch them;
Main entry: just, merely, only, but, simply
Definition: and nothing more
Usage: 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
Definition: only a moment ago
Usage: he has just arrived; the sun just now came out
Main entry: exactly, just, precisely
Definition: indicating exactness or preciseness
Usage: 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
Definition: absolutely
Usage: I just can't take it anymore; he was just grand as Romeo; it's simply beautiful!