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adverb

Just adv.

Precisely; exactly; in place, time, or degree; neither more nor less than is stated. "And having just enough, not covet more." "The god Pan guided my hand just to the heart of the beast." "To-night, at Herne's oak, just 'twixt twelve and one."

Closely; nearly; almost. "Just at the point of death."

Barely; merely; scarcely; only; by a very small space or time; as, he just missed the train; just too late. "A soft Etesian gale But just inspired and gently swelled the sail."

Just now, the least possible time since; a moment ago.

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Etymology of 'Just now'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Just now" Quotes from Famous Books

... I can see in your face that you do not like it. Your face got quite black just now. But if you do not like it why do you let him come? You are ...

— The Call of the Blood • Robert Smythe Hichens

... where my relations are just now," replied Kiddie Katydid. "Some of them were here a while ago; but they went away." And that was quite true! At that peent—that first warning cry—of Mr. Nighthawk's, they had all vanished as if ...

— The Tale of Kiddie Katydid • Arthur Scott Bailey

... children: withal he never ceased offering prayers and vows to Almighty Allah that he might have a son to keep alive his memory and continue his name. Delighted at the sight he took home the basket with the babe and giving it to his wife said, "See how Allah hath sent to us this man-child which I just now found floating upon the waters; and do thou apply thee forthright and fetch a wet-nurse to give him milk and nourish him; and bring him up with care and tenderness as though he were thine own." So the Intendant's wife took charge of the child with great gladness ...

— Supplemental Nights, Volume 3 • Richard F. Burton

... me, if what I say isn't true!' said the man; 'but we can't give any one house-room just now, for every Christmas Eve such a pack of Trolls come down upon us, that we are forced to flit, and haven't so much as a house over our own heads, to say nothing of lending ...

— Popular Tales from the Norse • Sir George Webbe Dasent

... question: If the fundamentals are in place, what now? Well, two things. First, we must understand what's happening at the moment to the economy. Our current problems are not the product of the recovery program that's only just now getting underway, as some would have you believe; they are the inheritance of decades of tax and ...

— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various

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