Meaning of just as well | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Used to say that an occurrence, or situation, is not only fortunate, but that on the contrary, it could have been a lot worse; or that something that might at first seem bad is actually good because it could have been worse.
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2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see just, as well, as, well.
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Examples

“It's just as well you missed the train⟳: it ended up crashing.”

“Nothing is produced at Sellafield any more. Which was just as well, because I’d gone to Sellafield not to observe⟳ how it lived but to understand⟳ how it is preparing for its end⟳.”

“2007, Nov 30, Tomas Alex Tizon, in The LA Times, America's taxi capital: Bethel, Alaska. There are 16 female cabdrivers in town, most of them Koreans with limited English skills. Which is just as well, says Alla Tinker, because they don't want⟳ to understand⟳ much of what their male customers say⟳.”

“Marshall stepped away from the conversation, and it was just as well. It could only have⟳ gotten hotter from that point⟳”

“Brilliant mind⟳, thought Geller. Absolutely brilliant. It's probably just as well. Imagine⟳ a countenance like⟳ that without a mind⟳ to offset it.”

“A paper cup will do (us) just as well.”

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