Directly

Word DIRECTLY
Character 8
Hyphenation di rect ly
Pronunciations /daɪˈɹɛk(t)li/

Definitions and meanings of "Directly"

What do we mean by directly?

In a direct line or manner; straight. adverb

Without anyone or anything intervening. adverb

Exactly or totally. adverb

At once; instantly. adverb

Candidly; frankly. adverb

In a little while; shortly. adverb

As soon as. conjunction

In a straight line or course, literally or figuratively; in the natural and primitive way: as, aim directly at the object; gravity tends directly to the center of the earth.

In a direct manner; without the intervention of any medium; immediately.

Straightway; without delay; immediately; at once; presently: as, he will be with us directly.

Clearly; unmistakably; expressly; without circumlocution or ambiguity.

Promptly, instantly, quickly.

Absolutely, unambiguously.

In a direct manner; in a straight line or course. adverb

In a straightforward way; without anything intervening; not by secondary, but by direct, means. adverb

Without circumlocution or ambiguity; absolutely; in express terms. adverb

Exactly; just. adverb

Straightforwardly; honestly. adverb

Manifestly; openly. adverb

Straightway; next in order; without delay; immediately. adverb

In a direct manner; in a straight line or course.

In a straightforward way; without anything intervening; not by secondary, but by direct means.

Plainly, without circumlocution or ambiguity; absolutely; in express terms.

Exactly; just.

Straightforwardly; honestly.

Immediately.

Soon; next; when it becomes convenient.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Directly

The word "directly" in example sentences

I disagree with the comparison - parents are not victims in the sense of being victims, but they are more directly comparable to your example of victim, inasmuch as their experience is as profoundly life-altering facing death firsthand, facing birth - *directly* comparable. ❋ Unknown (2008)

We do not know them directly, in some sense of ˜directly™, so we don't have intuitive, i.e., sense-derived knowledge of them. ❋ Brook, Andrew (2008)

Cayenne _kien'_ courtier _kortyer_ cuckoo _kookoo_ dilemma _dilem'ma_ directly not _directly_ dishevelled _dishev'ld_ ❋ Thomas Wood (N/A)

His experiments conclusively show that an idea is not only "associated" directly with the one that follows it, and with the rest _through that_, but that it is _directly_ associated with _all_ that are near it, though in unequal degrees. ❋ Various (N/A)

I have found you can charge the battery box with USB cable, but CANNOT charge the phone directly using USB cable, the charge the phone _directly_, you have to use the electricity plug. my USB cable cannot charge the external battery box .. it does not light up but, my original USB cable can charge my phone, to charge via usb cable ❋ Unknown (2009)

It'd be all right if he married me directly -- _directly_, "she repeated, hurriedly. ❋ Humphry Ward (1885)

[The name directly translates as "Cannon Gate Palace," and was named after a nearby gate that no longer exists.] ❋ Unknown (2010)

The word directly translates as smell or sniff, but is more evocatively described as an exchange of ha, the breath of life. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Today, dressed in a knee-length shift from the A/W 2010 collection she only wears Escada and spent her own money filling her wardrobe with the label directly after the acquisition, it is hard to imagine a better ambassador for the brand. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Or could a Dutch cookie maker have introduced the word directly into Scotland? ❋ Leslie Dunton-Downer (2010)

Please ensure your china is at room temperature first – do not bring it in directly from a cold car in winter and plunk it into warm water. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I look over her shoulder and see her time slot, her name, and the name directly after hers: Dixie Riddle. ❋ Aryn Kyle (2010)

I think the obvious fix to the dish network issue would have been to cut the dish off your roof, and affix the label directly to the dish, and call UPS for a pickup. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Temari, which directly translates as hand-ball, is a little children's ball that girls and little boys played with back in the old days. ❋ Unknown (2005)

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