JUST THEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does just then mean? 

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

1. at a particular time in the past

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• JUST THEN (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

At a particular time in the past

Context example:

just then the bugle sounded

 Context examples 

The workman took off his coat leisurely and hung it on one of the spikes of the rail, saying something to a policeman who just then sauntered along.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

And then, just then, the faintest possible whisper of air passed by.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

"Oh, my love," cried Mrs. Palmer to her husband, who just then entered the room—"you must help me to persuade the Miss Dashwoods to go to town this winter."

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

"How well we pull together, don't we?" said Amy, who objected to silence just then.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Just then one of the customers at the far side rose suddenly and made for the door.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Just then the servant entered with a note.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

It would have been all over with the poor girl if she had not just then been standing in a corner, and heard everything.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Just then a bell rang, and the green girl said to Dorothy, "That is the signal. You must go into the Throne Room alone."

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

But just then the dog, squirming and rubbing against the newcomer's legs, opened his mouth and barked.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

This was the last sentence by which he could weary Catherine's attention, for he was just then borne off by the resistless pressure of a long string of passing ladies.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)