directly
Etymology Pronunciation
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Etymology Pronunciation
- IPA: /dɪˈɹɛk(t)li/, /daɪˈɹɛk(t)li/
directly
- In a direct manner; in a straight line or course.
- He drove directly to the office, and didn't stop off at the petrol station.
- 1855, William Wells Brown, Sketches of Places and People Abroad, page 255:
- On arriving at the doors, and entering a long, capacious passage, our eyes became quite dazzled by the gleams of colored light which shone upon them, both directly and reflectedly.
- In a straightforward way; without anything intervening; not by secondary but by direct means.
- I'm sick of asking you to fire him; I'll just do it directly.
- Plainly, without circumlocution or ambiguity; absolutely; in express terms.
- I'm going to tell Natalie directly that I love her.
- To put it more directly: he's not 'made redundant' but sacked.
- Exactly; just; at the shortest possible distance.
- It's directly across the street.
- Straightforwardly; honestly.
- He told me directly that he'd cheated on me, and how sorry he was for it.
- (dated) Immediately.
- (chiefly, dated or dialect, including, South Midlands, Cornwall, Southern US) Soon; next; in due time; as soon as it becomes convenient.
- We'll go to the store directly, but first I need to finish sweeping.
- (in a straight line or course) straightwise, undeviatingly
- (without circumlocution or ambiguity) bluntly, clearly, downrightly, unambiguously; see also Thesaurus:explicitly
- (exactly, just) accurately, dead#Adverb, precisely, slap bang; see also Thesaurus:exactly
- (straightforwardly, honestly) frankly, truthfully
- (immediately) forthwith, now, tout de suite; see also Thesaurus:immediately
- (soon, next) betimes, presently, shortly; see also Thesaurus:soon
- circuitously
- indirectly
- (antonym(s) of “soon, next”): later
- French: directement
- German: direkt, gerade
- Italian: direttamente
- Portuguese: diretamente
- Russian: пря́мо
- Spanish: directamente, en derechura
- German: unmittelbar
- Italian: direttamente
- Portuguese: diretamente
- Russian: непосре́дственно
- Portuguese: diretamente
- Russian: пря́мо
- Russian: то́чно
- Russian: пря́мо
- Russian: ско́ро
- (chiefly British) As soon as; immediately (elliptical for directly that/as/when)
- 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, published 2010, page 463:
- He is to go to Calais, directly this is over, to replace Lord Berners as governor [...].
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