justamente

adv.

1 justly.

2 exactly (exactamente).

justamente, eso es lo que estaba pensando exactly, that's just what I was thinking

3 just, right, exactly, precisely.

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justamente

► adverbio

1 (con justicia) justly, fairly

2 (exactamente) exactly

3 (precisamente) precisely

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adv.

1) exactly, precisely

2) fairly

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ADV

1) (=exactamente)

a) (=coincidiendo con algo) just

la fábrica se instaló en los setenta, justamente cuando estalló la crisis energética — the factory was set up in the seventies, just when the energy crisis broke out

lo sorprendente es que lo eligieran a él, justamente ahora que ... — what is surprising is that he was chosen, just when ...

ocurrió hace justamente un año — it happened exactly a year ago

justamente lo contrario — exactly the opposite

b) (=referido a cosa, lugar) exactly, precisely

es aquí justamente donde está la originalidad del autor — it is precisely in this where the author's originality lies

esas son justamente las que no están en venta — those are precisely the ones which are not for sale

2) (=con justicia) justly

los monumentos por los que la ciudad es justamente famosa — the monuments for which the city is justly famous

3) (=escasamente) frugally

viven muy justamente con la pensión — they live very frugally on their pension

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adverbio

1) (exactamente) exactly, precisely

justamente por eso me fui — that's exactly why I left

justamente hoy que tengo invitados — today of all days, just when I have visitors

2) (con justicia) fairly

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= fairly, justly.

Ex. Catalogues based on outdated classification schemes can hardly be used fairly as ammunition in an attack on the classified catalogue as such.

Ex. The area of new technology in copyright has been justly called 'a swamp'.

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* injustamente = unjustly.

* justamente eso = just that.

* justamente todo lo contrario = quite the opposite, quite the contrary, quite the reverse.

* justamente todo lo contrario de = quite the opposite of.

* tratar Algo justamente = treat + Nombre + with an even hand.

* tratar justamente = treat + fairly.

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adverbio

1) (exactamente) exactly, precisely

justamente por eso me fui — that's exactly why I left

justamente hoy que tengo invitados — today of all days, just when I have visitors

2) (con justicia) fairly

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= fairly, justly.

Ex: Catalogues based on outdated classification schemes can hardly be used fairly as ammunition in an attack on the classified catalogue as such.

Ex: The area of new technology in copyright has been justly called 'a swamp'.

* injustamente = unjustly.

* justamente eso = just that.

* justamente todo lo contrario = quite the opposite, quite the contrary, quite the reverse.

* justamente todo lo contrario de = quite the opposite of.

* tratar Algo justamente = treat + Nombre + with an even hand.

* tratar justamente = treat + fairly.

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justamente

adverb

A (exactamente) exactly, precisely

eso es justamente lo que trataba de decir that's exactly o precisely what I was trying to say

justamente por eso me fui that's exactly o precisely why I left

justamente hoy que tengo invitados today of all days, just when I have visitors

y al final no consiguieron nada — justamente (indep) and in the end they achieved nothing — precisely o exactly o that's right!

B (con justicia) fairly

ganó justamente she won fairly, she won fair and square (colloq)

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justamente adverbio
1 (con justicia) fairly
(merecidamente) deservedly
2 (exactamente) right
justamente delante mía, right in front of me
(precisamente) precisely
'justamente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
precisamente
English:
fairly
- righteously
- rightly

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justamente adv

1. [con justicia] justly;

obró justamente she acted justly o fairly

2. [merecidamente] deservedly;

fue justamente recompensado por su labor he received a fair reward for his work

3. [exactamente] exactly, precisely;

justamente, eso es lo que estaba pensando exactly, that's just what I was thinking;

justamente ahora te iba a llamar I was just about to call you this minute;

tuvo que retirarse justamente cuando iba primero he had to pull out, and just when he was in the lead, too;

te pedí justamente lo contrario I asked you for the exact opposite

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justamente

adv

1 fairly

2 (precisamente) precisely

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justamente adv

1) precisamente: precisely, exactly

2) : justly, fairly