Definition of Just as

1. Adverb. At the same time as. "The building collapsed just as he arrived"

Exact synonyms: Even As

Lexicographical Neighbors of Just As

jusi
jussi
jussive
jussive mood
jussively
jussives
just
just-in-time
just-noticeable difference
just-so story
just a minute
just a sec
just a second
just about
just another pretty face
just as (current term)
just as well
just compensation
just compensations
just deserts
just desserts
just ducky
just in case
just in time
just kidding
just like that
just now
just right
just shoot me
just so

Literary usage of Just as

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The woman in white by Wilkie Collins (1871)
"just as she was ... who says he known what they mean, and wishes to explain, hut I snub him on principle)— just as she was warming the pot, the door opened, ..."

2. A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume (1874)
"In what sense of happiness is it true that it ' is really just as it appears'? has mistaken for a thing; but for which—since no one, whatever his theory of ..."

3. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"At last, just as everyone was leaving, the Vicomte made a low bow to Cécile: "Mademoiselle, I have the honour of wishing you a very good evening. ..."

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