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US
/daɪˈɹɛkɫi, dɝˈɛktɫi, diˈɹɛkɫi, dɪˈɹɛkɫi/
]
[ UK /daɪɹˈɛktli/ ]
[ UK /daɪɹˈɛktli/ ]
ADVERB
-
without deviation
went direct to the office
the path leads directly to the lake -
in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
he didn't answer directly
told me straight out
came out flat for less work and more pay -
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith
Come here now!
he answered immediately
found an answer straightaway -
without anyone or anything intervening
measured the physical properties directly
he was directly responsible
these two factors are directly related
How To Use directly In A Sentence
- ‘Break, break, break,’ for instance, is a bitter poem on unrecompensed, pointless loss, but it achieves its power and makes its point very indirectly, largely through structural implications.
- Alcohol abuse can be inherited but researchers had found few genes directly linked to it. The Sun
- Rub a bit of peppermint oil directly onto your forehead; it acts as an antispasmodic.
- We will be frequently using these orders to combat vice and the directly-associated crime.
- Related, but not directly, I have spent much time getting to know fractals, 4d geometry, and other ‘strange’ mathematical phenomena.
- The old rates were at least indirectly related to income; the new tax takes no account of a person's ability to pay.
- We believe that this directly relates to reality programming that has been instilled in our race since its conception.
- If you manage your overhead costs properly, you will impact directly on your bottom line cost base.
- When the matador realises the bull is weak and unable to charge much longer he will reach for his killing sword and seek to manoeuvre it directly in front of him with its head down, so that he can administer the death stroke.
- It feels as if all that laughter's going in a hyperbola above my head, with one of them sitting behind me and the other directly before me.
