directly
IPA: dɝˈɛktɫi
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; at the shortest possible distance.
- Straightforwardly; honestly.
- (dated) Immediately.
- (chiefly dated or dialect, including Midlands, Cornwall, Southern US) Soon; next; in due time; as soon as it becomes convenient.
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Examples of "directly" in Sentences
- The clause links directly to the verse.
- Mildness is not directly related to moisturising.
- It directly followed the discourse on ostentation.
- The peak is the point directly right of the antenna.
- The quantities on the right all are directly measurable.
- It was subordinate directly to the Emperor of the French.
- It is right in the center and directly in front of the mausoleum.
- Whitman was not directly affiliated with Transcendentalism in any way.
- Neither of the incubation links go directly to the right article by the way.
- It is opposed to immediate auscultation, directly placing the ear on the body.
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