JUST NOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does just now mean? 

• JUST NOW (adverb)
  The adverb JUST NOW has 1 sense:

1. only a moment ago

  Familiarity information: JUST NOW used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JUST NOW (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Only a moment ago

Synonyms:

just; just now

Context example:

the sun just now came out

 Context examples 

Miss Mowcher replaced her handkerchief in her pocket, looking at me with very intent expression all the while, and pursued: I saw you in the street just now.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Town is very pleasant just now, and we go a good deal to picture-galleries and for walks and rides in the park.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I would rather not just now.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

But, Amy was a young pilgrim, and just now her burden seemed very heavy.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“Too much ’Frisco tanglefoot for the health of my crew!” Wolf Larsen shouted after. “This one”—indicating me with his thumb—“fancies sea-serpents and monkeys just now!”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Just now he's dish-washer in a restaurant.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

You were asking me just now about the dead.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

You as good as admitted just now that you had done it.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Jackson drove by just now, and most of the ring-keepers are up.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Aylward, cried the voice, I have seen just now a very worthy person come down the road, though my eyes could scarce discern whether he carried coat-armor.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)