"only just" meaning in English

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Adverb

Head templates: {{head|en|adverb}} only just
  1. recently; just now
    Sense id: en-only_just-en-adv-rbd3V6Lq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10
  2. barely; by only a small margin Synonyms (barely): barely, just, hardly, scarcely
    Sense id: en-only_just-en-adv-b2sULKxn Disambiguation of 'barely': 4 96

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