directly

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Synonyms: direct, director, directed, indirectly, dreckly, direly, dejectly, directory, directs, erectly, directee

Antonyms: direct, director, directed, indirectly, dreckly, direly, dejectly, directory, directs, erectly, directee

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Adverb

In a [[direct]] manner; in a [[straight]] line or course.
In a [[straightforward]] way; without anything [[intervene|intervening]]; not by [[secondary]] but by direct means.
[[plainly|Plainly]], without [[circumlocution]] or [[ambiguity]]; [[absolutely]]; in [[express]] terms.
[[exactly|Exactly]]; [[just]]; at the shortest possible distance.
[[straightforwardly|Straightforwardly]]; [[honestly]].
{{lb|en|dated}} [[immediately|Immediately]].
{{lb|en|chiefly|dated|or|dialect|including|South Midlands|Cornwall|Southern US}} [[soon|Soon]]; [[next#Adverb|next]]; [[in due time]]; as soon as it becomes [[convenient]].

{{lb|en|chiefly British}} [[as soon as|As soon as]]; [[immediately]] (elliptical for ''directly that/as/when'').

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