just so

Definitions

1. 1

   In the precise manner indicated.

   • Near-synonym: even so (archaic)
   • If you don’t turn the knob just so, the door won’t open.
   • Each towel was folded just so. If it wasn't perfect, they did it again.
2. 2

   very neatly and tidily.

   • “Everything has to be just so,” he [Lonnie Rose] said. “Being in a concrete box for a long time makes you even more O.C.D.”
   • But the details in this room matter to Vermes, […] It’s why the water bottles in his office refrigerator are lined up just so […]
3. 3

   To the same extent.

   • Poor in quality are these classes [of poetry], just so rich in the number of songs and melodies are the other groups which constitute the wedding-songs proper.
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   1. 4

      Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

      Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see just, so

      • Your dog is just so friendly.
      • I like any flower, just so as it’s real.

The neighborhood

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