only just

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only just

adverb

recently; just now I've only just cleaned the floor, and you've made muddy tracks!
barely; by only a small margin I got 51%, so I only just passed the exam.
Similar: scarcely, barely, just, hardly

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@misc{only_just_2026,
  title = {only just},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/only%20just},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}