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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adv
1: only a moment ago; "he has just arrived"; "the sun just now came out" [syn: just, just now]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Just Just, adv. 1. Precisely; exactly; -- in place, time, or degree; neither more nor less than is stated. And having just enough, not covet more. -- Dryden. The god Pan guided my hand just to the heart of the beast. --Sir P. Sidney. To-night, at Herne's oak, just 'twixt twelve and one. -- Shak. 2. Closely; nearly; almost. Just at the point of death. -- Sir W. Temple. 3. 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. -- Dryden. Just now, the least possible time since; a moment ago.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

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Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

Very recently, a moment ago.