Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

only just

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.95 in modern English

Syllables: on-ly just
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

recently; just now

adv

barely; by only a small margin

Example Sentences

"I've only just cleaned the floor, and you've made muddy tracks!"
"I got 51%, so I only just passed the exam."

Synonyms

scarcely barely just hardly

Questions

What does only just mean?: recently; just now

How to pronounce only just

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