ONLY JUST meaning: Barely achieved at the last moment - OneLook

Usually means: Barely achieved at the last moment.

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only just: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
only just: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
only just: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (only just)

▸ adverb: recently; just now
▸ adverb: barely; by only a small margin

Similar:

late, fresh, just, newly, just now, only, recently, lately, the other day, as of late, more...

Opposite:

completely, entirely, fully, wholly, thoroughly

Types:

barely, narrowly, just enough, almost, on cusp, borderline, just in time, by hair, more...

Phrases:

We've Only Just Begun, only just beginning, only just made it, had only just, only just almost not, more...

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Similar:

late, fresh, just, newly, just now, only, recently, lately, the other day, as of late, more...

Opposite:

completely, entirely, fully, wholly, thoroughly

Types:

barely, narrowly, just enough, almost, on cusp, borderline, just in time, by hair, more...

Phrases:

We've Only Just Begun, only just beginning, only just made it, had only just, only just almost not, more...

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