Read full poem →It was just as well. A tough guy didn’t need that. I took off my ancient
cap and gown and handed it to the guy at the end of the aisle—the janitor.
Dictionary Entry
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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Poetry examples for “just as well”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →tening. Every one of them wanted to make a man like
himself. They might just as well take one of their own
cubs and call it a man.
Read full poem →Every child must share life's labor
Just as well as every man.