Emily Dickinson Lexicon

JUST, adv.

1. Close or closely; near or nearly, in place. He stood just by the speaker, and heard what he said. He stood just at the entrance of the city.
2. Near or nearly in time; almost. Just at that moment he arose and fled.
3. Exactly; nicely; accurately. They remain just of the same opinion. 'Tis with our judgments as our watches; none / Go just alike, yet each believes his own. – Pope.
4. Merely; barely; exactly. And having just enough, not covet more. – Dryden.
5. Narrowly. He just escaped without injury.