just so
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Precisely in that way, very carefully and appropriately, as in The children had to be dressed just so for their aunt's wedding . [Mid-1700s]
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I agree, that is correct, as in The house was a mess.—Just so; I told her to clean the place up . [Mid-1700s]
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See just as , def. 2.
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See as long as , def. 3.
Example Sentences
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It’s very overwhelming and I’m just so grateful for him.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026
“But the personal side of it is just so nuanced, and it involves people that I don’t know if I should be dragging into this.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026
“There’s just so much more you can do from space,” said John Gedmark, chief executive of Astranis, a maker of smaller satellites orbiting more than 22,000 miles from Earth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026
This idea that if every country just had their own nuclear arsenal then we’d have world peace is just so false.
From Salon • Jun. 15, 2026
It was, after all, just so much wood and brick.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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