Directly
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English
Adverb
Directly (comparative more Directly, superlative most Directly)
- 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.
- To put it more directly: he's not 'made redundant' but sacked
- exactly; just.
- It'sdirectly across the street
- straightforwardly; honestly.
- (dated) immediately
- (Midland South) soon; next; when it becomes convenient
- We'll go to the store directly, but first I need to finish sweeping.
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Thesaurus
PDQ, absolutely, after a while, all joking aside, anon, apace, at once, before long, betimes, bluffly, bluntly, broadly, brusquely, by and by, candidly, completely, dead, dead ahead, decisively, definitely, direct, down the alley, due, due north, entirely, ere long, even, exactly, expeditiously, expressly, faithfully, forthright, forthwith, frankly, genuinely, immediately, in a beeline, in a moment, in a while, in all conscience, in all respects, in all seriousness, in due course, in due time, in every respect, in line with, in no time, in plain English, in plain words, instanter, instantly, ipsissimis verbis, just, literally, literatim, momentarily, naturally, on the beam, on the instant, on the spot, on the straight, openheartedly, openly, outspokenly, plain-spokenly, plainly, plumb, point-blank, positively, precisely, presently, pretty damned quick, promptly, pronto, quickly, right, right away, right off, rigidly, rigorously, roundly, shortly, sincerely, smartly, soon, speedily, square, squarely, straight, straight across, straight ahead, straightaway, straightforward, straightforwardly, straightforwards, straightly, straightway, strictly, subito, summarily, swiftly, to the letter, unaffectedly, unassumingly, unconstrainedly, undeviatingly, unerringly, unpretentiously, unreservedly, unrestrainedly, unswervingly, unveeringly, verbally, verbatim, verbatim et litteratim, when, with all speed, with no nonsense, without delay, without further delay, word by word, word for word
Etymology
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Conjunction
Directly
- As soon as.
- 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, p. 463:
- He is to go to Calais, directly this is over, to replace Lord Berners as governor [...].
- 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, p. 463:
Statistics
- Most common English words before 1923: warm · sufficient · conduct · #930: directly · James · Greek · island
