Correct and Just so

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Correct adjective - Being in agreement with the truth or a fact or a standard.

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Just so and correct are semantically related In some cases you can use "Just so" instead an adverb "Correct".

Just so adverb - In a careful manner.

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Correct and just so are semantically related in exactly right topic. Sometimes you can use "Correct" instead an adverb phrase "Just so".

It just so happens that Thorin's Company arrives in Rivendell on that exact same day with the moon in the correct phase.

Source: Film / The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Blatant Lies: The Lakota don't believe in the American Government's agreements for even a second, and they just so happen to be entirely correct.

Source: Literature / Black Elk Speaks
Robert Webb who, on his appearance in series H, called a helix a spiral (despite knowing the correct answer) just so he could set off the klaxon.

Source: Series / QI

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