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only just

on·ly just
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ohn-lee juhst]
    • /ˈoʊn li dʒʌst/
    • /ˈəʊnli dʒʌst/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ohn-lee juhst]
    • /ˈoʊn li dʒʌst/

Definitions of only just words

  • adverb only just by slight margin 1
  • adverb only just very recently 1
  • phrase only just You can say that something has only just happened when you want to emphasize that it happened a very short time ago. 0
  • phrase only just You use only just to emphasize that something is true, but by such a small degree that it is almost not true at all. 0
  • adverb only just recently. 0
  • adverb only just with a small margin. 0
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Parts of speech for Only just

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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only just popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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