just so

idiom

: in a particular way

They feel they have to dress just so to be popular.

: arranged in a very neat and tidy way

Everything in her house has to be just so or she gets upset.

Examples of just so in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Everyone in the audience was just so excited to see them, and that’s what was really important. —

Lynette Rice, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2024 The two anchors of WWE’s main roster shows, Raw and SmackDown, just so happen to be stables: The Bloodline and The Judgment Day. —

Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024 And that was the beginning of solving a problem for myself—that just so happened to solve problems for other people, too. —

Byalice Barlow, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2024 The final moments found Emily (Lily Cooper) saying au revoir to Paris and planning to live in Rome temporarily to be the leader on the ground for her company’s newest client — Marcello (Eugenio Franceschini), who just so happens to be Emily’s latest suitor. —

Erin Strecker, IndieWire, 13 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for just so

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