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Definition of Just now
1. Adverb. Only a moment ago. "The sun just now came out"
Definition of Just now
1. Adverb. (set phrase) Very close to the present moment. ¹
2. Adverb. (context: Scotland South Africa) In a little while. Shortly, which could mean within ten minutes or two hours or at some indeterminate time within the near future. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Just Now
Literary usage of Just now
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"thirsty villains—weren't they going to shoot us just now ? and shure shooting is
better for them than hanging any day. Shoot them this minute—why don't ye ? ..."
2. The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1853)
"Plutarch just now told me, that it is in human life as in a game at tables, one
may wish he had the highest cast; but if his chance be otherwise, ..."
3. Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle (1883)
"for it would be so quiet for you here just now: there isn'ta soul left in London
but Lady William, whom I haven't seen since the day you left. ..."
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