just then
Right at that
Just then marks the exact moment something happened, typically introducing an interruption or sudden event in a narrative: Just then, the phone rang.
It can also refer back to a moment recently mentioned: I was thinking about her just then.
- instantlyWithout any pause
- immediatelyWithout any pause
- abruptlyWithout gradual transition
- thereuponImmediately following that
- recentlyIn the near past
at once · suddenly · all of a sudden · out of nowhere · lately · moment · simultaneously · interrupted · newly · synchronicity · split second · in the nick of time · appeared · knock · exactly · startle · anticipation · meanwhile
just thenlater
At a subsequent time
eventually · in due time · way back · ultimately · at length
just thenin a moment
Imminently, very soon
presently · not yet · later on · before long · any moment now
just theneventually
At a later time
later on · in due time · subsequently · down the road · in time
just, then, justice, adjust, justify, unjust, injustice, justly, adjunct