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only just

adverb

  1. Recently; just now

    "I've only just cleaned the floor, and you've made muddy tracks!"

  2. Barely; by only a small margin

    "I got 51%, so I only just passed the exam."

Synonymsbarely, hardly, just, scarcely

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