just so
idiom
1
: in a particular way
They feel they have to dress just so to be popular.
2
: arranged in a very neat and tidy way
Everything in her house has to be just so or she gets upset.
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The long wooden shelves might have just one hat with a simple tree logo on it, or a few bags of pasta lined up just so.
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Hannah Freedman, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2025
This 32-inch, 4K monitor would be perfect for an office that just so happens to double as an entertainment room in the evening.
—Simon Hill, Wired News, 12 July 2025
Seeing this complicated villain that’s been created, I was just so compelled by that.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2025
The killer turned out to be diclofenac, a painkiller given to livestock that just so happens to be toxic to vultures.
—Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 11 July 2025
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Hannah Freedman, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2025
This 32-inch, 4K monitor would be perfect for an office that just so happens to double as an entertainment room in the evening.
—Simon Hill, Wired News, 12 July 2025
Seeing this complicated villain that’s been created, I was just so compelled by that.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2025
The killer turned out to be diclofenac, a painkiller given to livestock that just so happens to be toxic to vultures.
—Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 11 July 2025
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“Just so.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/just%20so. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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