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Definition of Just about
1. Adverb. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct. "20 or so people were at the party"
Definition of Just about
1. Adjective. (idiomatic) almost ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Just About
Literary usage of Just about
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The mountain just about in the central part of the coast, where the cliff is 2200
feet, there is at its base the Leper Settlement Peninsula (52 miles from ..."
2. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1905)
"... and later in the winter, as you know, just about once a year, Jack Frost gets
in his work at night when the moisture in the air is just right. ..."
3. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"Serene Highness of Wurtemberg, at Fulda (November 30th, 1759), is just about "firing
Victoria," and giving a Ball to Beauty and Fashion, ..."
4. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1865)
"... 1759), is just about " firing Victoria," and giving a Sail to Beauty and
Fashion, in Honour of a certain Event; — but .is unpleasantly interrupted. ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1879)
"just about the time that this letter was reaching its destination, the person
for whom it was destined was reaching Europe ; and just as Arnold was ..."
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