justement French · revision 17012

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1174–1176, Guernes de Pont-Sainte-Maxence, Vie de saint Thomas|origins=la jūstus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ʒys.tə.mɑ̃/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''justement'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|fr|juste|-ment]], from the adjective and the adverbial suffix.^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Littré 1873)^(Wiktionary) [[xno|justement|t=justly, lawfully]] is recorded from 1113–19.^(AND)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Guernes de Pont-Sainte-Maxence's life of Thomas Becket (1174–76) uses it for “in accordance with justice”.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant “with precision” by 1225–50 and “legitimately” in Brunetto Latini (1265: ''gaignier bien et justement'').^(TLFi) Froissart (about 1360) and Commynes use it for “exactly”: ''assiz justement entre le roy et le duc'' “placed exactly between the king and the duke”.^(GLLF 1989)^(Littré 1873) Montaigne (1580) has the modern sentence adverb marking that two facts coincide, “precisely, as it happens”, now its commonest use.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007) Classical French also used it for “just, barely” (''tout justement'', Madame de Sévigné).^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1174–1176 – “Justly”, Guernes de Pont-Sainte-Maxence.^(TLFi)

+ * 1225–1250 – “With precision”.^(TLFi)

+ * 1265 – “Legitimately”, Brunetto Latini.^(TLFi)

+ * 1580 – “Precisely, as it happens”, Montaigne.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|precisely]], exactly: ''c'est justement ce qu'il ne fallait pas faire''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # As it happens, just then: ''il va venir ; justement, le voici''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(at the head of a sentence)'' Precisely; all the more reason: ''justement, ne lui dites rien !''.^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # Rightly, with good reason: ''une œuvre justement célèbre'', ''(rare)'' [[m|en|justly]], in accordance with justice.^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # Accurately, aptly: ''on dira plus justement que…''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[juste]]

+ * [[justice]]

+ * [[justesse]]

+ * [[injustement]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}