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just wondering

just wondering interjection: used to qualify a question or action, explaining it as motivated by curiosity.

Interjection

  1. (informal) Used to qualify a question or action, explaining it as motivated by curiosity.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see just, wondering.

Forms of just wondering

alternative formJW

Origin of just wondering

From the phrase I was — or we were — just wondering.

Questions about just wondering

What does just wondering mean?
Just wondering means used to qualify a question or action, explaining it as motivated by curiosity.
What part of speech is just wondering?
Just wondering is an interjection.

Words near just wondering in the dictionary

  1. just so
  2. just the same
  3. just the ticket
  4. just then
  5. just what the doctor ordered
  6. just wondering
  7. just yet
  8. just you wait
  9. just-folks
  10. just-in-time
  11. just-so stories

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