Definitions for directly
dɪˈrɛkt li, daɪ-di·rect·ly

Princeton's WordNet(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. directly, straight, direct(adverb)

   without deviation

   "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office"

2. directly(adverb)

   without anyone or anything intervening

   "these two factors are directly related"; "he was directly responsible"; "measured the physical properties directly"

3. immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly, now, right away, at once, forthwith, like a shot(adverb)

   without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening

   "he answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"; "Come here now!"

4. directly, flat, straight(adverb)

   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"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. directly(Adverb)

   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. directly(Adverb)

   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. directly(Adverb)

   plainly, without circumlocution or ambiguity; absolutely; in express terms.

4. directly(Adverb)

   exactly; just.

   It's directly across the street

5. directly(Adverb)

   straightforwardly; honestly.

   He told me directly that he'd cheated on me, and how sorry he was for it.

6. directly(Adverb)

   immediately

7. directly(Adverb)

   soon; next; when it becomes convenient

   We'll go to the store directly, but first I need to finish sweeping.

8. directly(Conjunction)

   As soon as.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Directly(adverb)

   in a direct manner; in a straight line or course

2. Directly(adverb)

   in a straightforward way; without anything intervening; not by secondary, but by direct, means

3. Directly(adverb)

   without circumlocution or ambiguity; absolutely; in express terms

4. Directly(adverb)

   exactly; just

5. Directly(adverb)

   straightforwardly; honestly

6. Directly(adverb)

   manifestly; openly

7. Directly(adverb)

   straightway; next in order; without delay; immediately

8. Directly(adverb)

   immediately after; as soon as

CrunchBase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Directly

   Directly delivers better customer service. We make it easy to reach experts in big companies and reward them for fast, personal attention. Our experts work independently in their own free time, earn rewards and reputation, and can cash out their rewards or donate them to one of the non-profit causes we support. Directly is free, with paid options for advanced targeting and better, faster help.Directly is backed by True Ventures and prominent angels including Esther Dyson and is based in San Francisco.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. directly

   In a direct manner.

   They were joyous and the planned their wedding directly together and created a simple, amazing, fun and united party atmosphere easily with their loving intent.

   Submitted by MaryC on May 2, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'directly' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1140

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'directly' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2224

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'directly' in Adverbs Frequency: #116

Anagrams for directly »

1. tridecyl

How to pronounce directly?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say directly in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of directly in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of directly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of directly in a Sentence

1. Joseph Lengyel:

   Our thoughts are with his family friends. All of us are likely to know people directly affected by this virus in the coming weeks, as our nation fights its greatest challenge in recent memory, we're all going to need to draw on our inner strength resilience to win this war comfort those in pain. We must bring our best selves every day to overcome this as fast as possible for our great country.

2. Stephan Mayer:

   But I certainly see the danger that if it is not possible in the long run to apply European asylum rules, that this directly erodes and endangers Schengen.

3. Francois Hollande:

   France has been struck directly in the heart of its capital, in a place where the spirit of liberty -- and thus of resistance -- breathed freely.

4. Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince:

   That would be very atypical to happen on its own, that, I think, you can safely correlate directly to the death of the Iranian general.

5. Edward Chang:

   It's been a longstanding goal of our lab to create technologies to restore communication for patients with severe speech disability, we want to create technologies that can reproduce speech directly from human brain activity. This study provides a proof of principle that this is possible.

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