DictionaryjustVery recently
adverb

just

At a time immediately adjacent to the present point.

The guests are just arriving as we finish setting the table.

Etymology

The older adverb concerns exactness. The temporal use places an action exactly next to the present reference point, either immediately before or immediately after it.

More examples

  • I just sent you the address.
  • She's just about to step onto the stage.
  • He was just leaving when the phone rang.

Similar words

recently
Recently covers a longer period and need not mean moments ago.
now
Now emphasizes the present moment, not something that recently happened.