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directly adverb [ dɪˈrɛktli ]

• without changing direction or stopping.
• "they went directly to the restaurant"
Similar: straight, right, in a straight line, as the crow flies, by a direct route, without deviation, in a beeline, by the shortest route,
• with nothing or no one in between.
• "the decisions directly affect people's health"
Similar: face to face, personally, in person, without an intermediary, at first hand, head on, direct, man to man, tête-à-tête,
• in a frank way.
• "she spoke simply and directly"
Similar: frankly, bluntly, straightforwardly, openly, candidly, outspokenly, forthrightly, point-blank, matter-of-factly, without prevarication, explicitly, clearly, plainly, unequivocally, unambiguously, categorically, sincerely, truthfully,
Opposite: equivocally, euphemistically,

directly conjunction

• as soon as.
• "she fell asleep directly she got into bed"
Similar: as soon as, the moment, the instant, the second, once, when, immediately after,


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