What has he “adjusted”? / What does “adjusting” mean in this context?

  • @j4k3
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    143 days ago

    Plus you have the etymology:
    from Latin ad (“to, up to, towards”) + iustus (“correct, proper, exact”) + er (one whose occupation is the root noun; a person characterized by the root)

    So like, “one whose occupation is to add and extract proper justice.”

    • Nougat
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      73 days ago

      Reads more like “One who advances towards what is correct and proper” to me.