just then

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   at a particular time in the past

   “just then the bugle sounded”

Questions about just then

What does just then mean?

just then means "at a particular time in the past".

Is just then a common word?

just then 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.