just now

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   only a moment ago

   “he has just arrived”

   “the sun just now came out”

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Questions about just now

What does just now mean?

just now means "only a moment ago".

What is another word for just now?

Close synonyms include just. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is just now a common word?

just now is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.