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- adjective
superlative form ofjust : mostjust .
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Examples
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Allah ordereth justice and well-doing and bestowal of gifts upon kith and kin '; [FN#67] and the justest is the word of the
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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This is “the justest and most plausible objection against a considerable part of metaphysics, that they are not properly a science.”
David Hume Morris, William Edward 2009
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Dis is NAWT gud foar any kitteh, but Catherine iz ownli justest bak from tel v.e.t. adn it wud be definitetetely bad iffen she wur to stay heer tomorrow.
Mom! My foots is all wet. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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Everyone believed that it was "˜the justest war 'because it was being waged" ˜against the Barbarians '.
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They are four in number, and are chosen as being the best of the elders of Persia, one the wisest, another the justest, a third the most temperate, a fourth the bravest.
The Defense Apuleius 2008
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They are four in number, and are chosen as being the best of the elders of Persia, one the wisest, another the justest, a third the most temperate, a fourth the bravest.
The Defense Apuleius 2008
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Then saw he in his sleep one who said to him, “Rejoice, for thy son shall fill the lands with justest sway; and he shall rule them and him shall the lieges obey.”
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It must, however, be remarked that in the ninth book the Chinese are spoken of under the name of Seres as the justest and wisest of mankind.
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The son of Ariston (the best) is of opinion that the best and justest of men is also the happiest, and that this is he who is the most royal master of himself; and that the unjust man is he who is the greatest tyrant of himself and of his State.
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Ariston (the best) has decided that the best and justest is also the happiest, and that this is he who is the most royal man and king over himself; and that the worst and most unjust man is also the most miserable, and that this is he who being the greatest tyrant of himself is also the greatest tyrant of his State?
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