DIRECTLY
\da͡ɪɹˈɛktli], \daɪɹˈɛktli], \d_aɪ_ɹ_ˈɛ_k_t_l_i]\
Definitions of DIRECTLY
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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without delay; with no time intervening; "he answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"; "Come here now!"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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!"
By Princeton University
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In a direct manner; in a straight line or course.
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In a straightforward way; without anything intervening; not by secondary, but by direct, means.
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Without circumlocution or ambiguity; absolutely; in express terms.
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Exactly; just.
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Straightforwardly; honestly.
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Manifestly; openly.
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Straightway; next in order; without delay; immediately.
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Immediately after; as soon as.
By Oddity Software
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In a direct manner; in a straight line or course.
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In a straightforward way; without anything intervening; not by secondary, but by direct, means.
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Without circumlocution or ambiguity; absolutely; in express terms.
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Exactly; just.
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Straightforwardly; honestly.
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Manifestly; openly.
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Straightway; next in order; without delay; immediately.
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Immediately after; as soon as.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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adv. In a straight line or course; straightforwardly; expressly; without ambiguity;—without interposition or interruption;—straightway; immediately;—immediately after; as soon as.
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In a straight line, rectilinearly; immediately, apparently, without circumlocution.
By Thomas Sheridan
