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only just1By a very small margin; almost not: the building survived the earthquake, but only just...- Though only just due to earthquakes and typhoons, but like Gloria Gaynor, we have survived.
- It might have been spring, but only just barely, and winter was still clinging to the town of Stancorrie.
- The road has been made so narrow in places that buses and lorries can only just get through.
1.1Very recently: I’d only just arrived back from Paris...- Fr Jim was at home on holidays recently and has only just returned to his Kenyan base.
- I transferred a grand to my UK account recently and it only just put me back in the black.
- She has only just arrived for our interview but has been called back to her newspaper with a crisis pending.
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