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Directly

adverb

Without deviation. Synonyms: direct, straight. "Went direct to the office"

Without anyone or anything intervening. "He was directly responsible" , "Measured the physical properties directly"

Without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening. Synonyms: at once, forthwith, immediately, instantly, like a shot, now, right away, straight off, straightaway. "Found an answer straightaway" , "An official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith" , "Come here now!"

In a forthright manner; candidly or frankly. Synonyms: flat, straight. "Told me straight out" , "Came out flat for less work and more pay"

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"Directly" Quotes from Famous Books

... a dream in the middle of the night. He had dreamt that he held the gardener's daughter in his arms. He could not remember the circumstances, for he was quite dazed, and fell asleep again directly. ...

— Married • August Strindberg

... has been found the following letter, not in his characteristic handwriting, but in that of someone else, bearing directly upon the incidents narrated by the diarist. Written in ungrammatical Russian, bearing many orthographic mistakes, this document seems to be a fragment of a report, by some unidentified co-operating ...

— Rescuing the Czar - Two authentic Diaries arranged and translated • James P. Smythe

... are crowded with suggestions that set a boy's mind on fire, yet every page contains evidence of obvious slovenliness, indolence and ignorance of human nature and common things, half of which faults seem directly to contribute to the result, while the other half are never noticed by ...

— The Delicious Vice • Young E. Allison

... Socialists in convention at Linz, May 30, 1898, passed a resolution proposed by Pernerstorfer to the effect that "Socialism is directly contradictory to Roman clericalism, which is enslaved to unyielding authority, immutable dogmas, and absolute intellectual thralldom. We doubt all authority, we know of no immutable dogma, we are the champions of right, liberty and conscience." [Reported in "Vorwaerts," ...

— The Red Conspiracy • Joseph J. Mereto

... only be noted in passing that Johnny Fax's delight and red ribband were crowned and finished oil with an excellent Robinson Crusoe. Then broke up and melted off the assembled throng, like—I want a simile,—like the scattering of a vapoury cloud in the sky. It was everywhere and nowhere directly—that which before ...

— Say and Seal, Volume I • Susan Warner

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