just
adverb (ALMOST) /dʒʌst/Definition
B1 almost not or almost: We arrived at the airport just in time to catch the plane. This dress (only) just fits. "Can you see the stage?" "Yes, only just/just about." I've just about finished painting the living room.Merely and barelyAlmost be just possible › If something is just possible, there is a slight chance that it will happen: It's just possible that we might be going away that weekend.Possible and probable
(Definition of just adverb (ALMOST) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- all of sth idiom
- at a pinch idiom
- barely adverb
- but adverb (ONLY)
- by a whisker idiom
- by inches idiom
- hardly adverb (ONLY JUST)
- ill adverb
- just adverb (ONLY)
- mere adjective
- merely adverb (ONLY)
- merest adjective
- narrowly adverb
- nothing more than idiom
- only adverb (BAD RESULT)
- only adverb 1
- scarcely adverb (ONLY JUST)
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