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directly

  (dĭ-rĕkt'lē, dī-) pronunciation
adv.
  1. In a direct line or manner; straight: The road runs directly north.
  2. Without anyone or anything intervening: directly responsible.
  3. Exactly or totally: directly opposite.
  4. At once; instantly: Leave directly.
  5. Candidly; frankly: answered very directly.
  6. Chiefly Southern U.S. In a little while; shortly: He'll be coming directly.
conj. Chiefly British.

As soon as.


 
 
Thesaurus: directly

adverb

  1. In a direct line: dead, direct, due, right, straight, straightaway. See straight/bent.
  2. Without intermediary: immediately. See clear/unclear, near/far/distance.
  3. With precision or absolute conformity: bang, dead, direct, exactly, fair, flush, just, precisely, right, smack1, square, squarely, straight. Slang smack-dab. See precise/imprecise.
  4. Without delay: forthwith, immediately, instant, instantly, now, right away, right off, straightaway, straight off. Idioms: at once, first off. See time.

 
Antonyms: directly

adv

Definition: soon
Antonyms: eventually, indirectly, later

adv

Definition: straightforwardly
Antonyms: indirectly


 
Word Tutor: directly
pronunciation

IN BRIEF: adv. - Without delay or hesitation; Without deviation; In a forthright manner; Without anyone or anything intervening.

pronunciation There is nothing that makes its way more directly to the soul than beauty. — Joseph Addison 

 
Misspellings: directly

Common misspelling(s) of directly

  • driectly

 
Translations: Translations for: Directly

Dansk (Danish)
adv. - straks, direkte, lige, ligefremt
conj. - så snart

Nederlands (Dutch)
dadelijk, ogenblikkelijk, direct, pal, uit de eerste hand

Français (French)
adv. - tout droit, sans détours, sans ambages, franchement, exactement, diamétralement, (GB) tout de suite, sur-le-champ, immédiatement
conj. - aussitôt que, dès que

Deutsch (German)
adv. - gleich, sofort, direkt, unmittelbar
conj. - sobald, sowie

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - κατευθείαν, ίσια, αμέσως, άμεσα, χωρίς παρεμβολή ή μεσολάβηση

Italiano (Italian)
subito, sull'istante, direttamente, frontalmente

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - diretamente

Русский (Russian)
прямо, непосредственно, сразу

Español (Spanish)
adv. - directamente, de primera mano, de frente, abiertamente, francamente, exactamente
conj. - en seguida, tan pronto como

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - direkt, omedelbart

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
直接地, 坦率地, 直截了当地, 笔直地, 正好地, 一...就

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 直接地, 坦率地, 直截了當地, 筆直地, 正好地
conj. - 一...就

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 곧바로, 직접적으로, 정확히
conj. - ~하자마자

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - まっすぐに
adv. - 真っすぐに, 直行して, 直接に, すぐに, やがて, まさに, 率直に
conj. - …するやいなや

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) مباشرة, في الحال‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮ישירות, היישר, ברורות, תיכף ומייד, מייד‬
conj. - ‮ברגע ש-, מייד כש-, אך‬


 
 

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