justru

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay justeru (“hence; therefore”), probably from Portuguese justo

Adverb

justru

  1. a conjunction used to emphasize that something is true or false. precisely, exactly
  2. in fact actually (on the contrary); even the opposite. instead

Further reading

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