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JUST RIGHT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does just right mean?
• JUST RIGHT (adverb)
The adverb JUST RIGHT has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: JUST RIGHT used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In every detail
Synonyms:
just right; to a T; to perfection; to the letter
Context example:
the new house suited them to a T
Context examples
Like Earth, the planet would have to exist in a sweet spot often referred to as the "Goldilocks zone" where conditions are just right for life.
(Searching for Life on Wolf 1061 Exoplanet, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Within the habitable, or "Goldilocks" zone, temperatures are not too hot or too cold but just right for surface water to exist as a liquid.
(Potentially Habitable 'Super-Earths' Found Orbiting around Sun's near Neighbor, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
It is clear that getting your home situation just right has become a near-obsession, and if this resonates with you, your timing is ideal.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
"You see, I'm not just right. I'll take you home. We can go out by the servants' entrance. No one will see us. Pull down that veil and everything will be all right."
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered its first Earth-size planet in its star's habitable zone, the range of distances where conditions may be just right to allow the presence of liquid water on the surface.
(NASA Planet Hunter Finds Earth-Size Habitable-Zone World, NASA)
And in his heart of hearts Martin understood the situation only too well, as he leaned back and gloated at Von Schmidt's head, in fancy punching it well-nigh off of him, sending blow after blow home just right—the chuckle-headed Dutchman!
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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