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the house was built on a slight rise just on the edge of a village #1 (permalink) Wed Dec 08, 2010 7:57 am   the house was built on a slight rise just on the edge of a village
 

In the following sentence "the house was built on a slight rise just on the edge of a village" what is form of the word "just"?
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the house was built on a slight rise just on the edge of a village #2 (permalink) Wed Dec 08, 2010 8:50 am   the house was built on a slight rise just on the edge of a village
 

Its meaning in your sentence is precisely, exactly or right:
precisely on the edge...
exactly on the edge...
right on the edge...
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the house was built on a slight rise just on the edge of a village #3 (permalink) Wed Dec 08, 2010 11:02 am   the house was built on a slight rise just on the edge of a village
 

Hi Milosc,

'Just' in your sentence has the function of an adverb in the sense of 'exactly'. With that meaning it doesn't take the usual 'ly' at the end because that would give a different meaning for 'just'. In that sense as an adjective it can mean 'fair' or 'reasonable' and to form the adverb when that is the meaning, you would say: 'justly'.

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