directly

Meaning of directly

adverb
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Plainly, without circumlocution or ambiguity; absolutely; in express terms.
    I'm going to tell Natalie directly that I love her.
  4. Exactly; just.
    It's directly across the street.
  5. Straightforwardly; honestly.
    He told me directly that he'd cheated on me, and how sorry he was for it.
  6. Immediately.
  7. Soon; next; when it becomes convenient.
    We'll go to the store directly, but first I need to finish sweeping.

conjunction

As soon as; immediately.

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Hyphenation of directly

di-rectly

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • directly is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

directly synonyms

Meaning straight:

straight, direct

Meaning immediately:

immediately, instantly, straightaway, now, forthwith

Meaning flat:

flat, straight

Meaning :

accurately, precisely, straightwise, undeviatingly, betimes, presently, shortly, frankly, truthfully, bluntly, clearly, downrightly, unambiguously

directly antonyms

Meaning :

indirectly

Translation of directly

Anagrams of directly

tridecyl

Words that rhyme with directly

abstractly, compactly, contractly, exactly, incompactly, inexactly, intactly, nonabstractly, superabstractly, unexactly, abjectly, circumspectly, correctly, dejectly, electly, erectly, hypercorrectly, imperfectly, incircumspectly, incorrectly, indirectly, noncircumspectly, perfectly, pluperfectly, precorrectly, prefectly, selectly, semierectly, suberectly, superperfectly, unabjectly, uncircumspectly, uncorrectly, undirectly, unperfectly, derelictly, districtly, overstrictly, strictly, superstrictly, unstrictly, adjunctly, conjunctly, contradistinctly, distinctly, indistinctly, junctly, sacrosanctly, sejunctly, succinctly

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