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Meaning of "directly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DIRECTLY

directly  [dɪˈrɛktlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIRECTLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Directly can act as an adverb and a conjunction.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

The conjunction is an invariable grammatical category used to join together words and sentences.

WHAT DOES DIRECTLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of directly in the English dictionary

The first definition of directly in the dictionary is in a direct manner. Other definition of directly is at once; without delay. Directly is also foll by before or after immediately; just.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DIRECTLY


abjectly
ˈæbdʒɛktlɪ
abstractly
ˈæbstræktlɪ
adjunctly
ˈædʒʌŋktlɪ
circumspectly
ˈsɜːkəmˌspɛktlɪ
compactly
kəmˈpæktlɪ
conjunctly
kənˈdʒʌŋktlɪ
correctly
kəˈrektlɪ
distinctly
dɪˈstɪŋktlɪ
erectly
ɪˈrektlɪ
exactly
ɪɡˈzæktlɪ
hypercorrectly
ˌhaɪpəkəˈrɛktlɪ
imperfectly
ɪmˈpɜːfɪktlɪ
incorrectly
ˌɪnkəˈrektlɪ
indirectly
ˌɪndaɪˈrɛktlɪ
indistinctly
ˌɪndɪˈstɪŋktlɪ
matter-of-factly
ˌmætərəvˈfæktlɪ
perfectly
ˈpɜːfɪktlɪ
selectly
sɪˈlektlɪ
strictly
ˈstrɪktlɪ
succinctly
səkˈsɪŋktlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DIRECTLY

direction finder
direction finding
direction indicator
directional
directional drilling
directionality
directionless
directions
directive
directivity
directness
Directoire
director
director general
director of admissions
Director of Education
director of music
Director of Public Prosecutions
director of studies
director-general

WORDS THAT END LIKE DIRECTLY

apparently
consistently
constantly
currently
differently
frequently
greatly
honestly
independently
instantly
intactly
mostly
not exactly
partly
recently
shortly
significantly
slightly
subsequently
unperfectly

Synonyms and antonyms of directly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DIRECTLY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «directly» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of directly

Translation of «directly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DIRECTLY

Find out the translation of directly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of directly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «directly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

直接地
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

directamente
570 millions of speakers

English

directly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सीधे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مُبَاشَرَةً
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

прямо
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

diretamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সরাসরি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

directement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Secara langsung
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

direkt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

直接に
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

직접
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Langsung
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

một cách trực tiếp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நேரடியாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

थेट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

direkt olarak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

direttamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bezpośrednio
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прямо
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

direct
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κατευθείαν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

direk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

direkt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

direkte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of directly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DIRECTLY»

The term «directly» is very widely used and occupies the 1.956 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of directly
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DIRECTLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «directly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «directly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about directly

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10 QUOTES WITH «DIRECTLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word directly.
1
Pedro Almodovar
Yes, women are stronger than us. They face more directly the problems that confront them, and for that reason they are much more spectacular to talk about. I don't know why I am more interested in women, because I don't go to any psychiatrists, and I don't want to know why.
2
Ruth Asawa
Art is doing. Art deals directly with life.
3
Roy Ayers
Now I get exposure first with people directly in the clubs. This is a unique situation for me.
4
John Banville
I read Nietzsche when I was a teenager and then I went back to reading him when I was in my thirties, and his voice spoke directly to me. Nietzsche is such a superb literary artist.
5
Matt Berninger
The lyrics are what I work on the hardest, but I'm not trying to make a perfectly clear message or anything like that. In fact, I'm usually trying to avoid saying something too directly, because usually that rings false anyway.
6
Conrad Black
The greenhouse effect of carbon-dioxide emissions does produce gentle warming if it is not counteracted by unpredictable natural phenomena, but it cannot be measured directly against the volume of such emissions.
7
Earl Blumenauer
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting distributes an annual appropriation that we provide in accordance with a statutory formula, the vast majority of which goes directly to public radio and television stations.
8
David Blunkett
Much extremist activity falls short of directly inciting people to violence or other crimes and so is not caught by laws on incitement. Neither does the Public Order Act, used to protect groups of people from harassment, deal with the problem.
9
Jerry Brown
When the farmer can sell directly to the consumer, it is a more active process. There's more contact. The consumer can know, who am I buying this from? What's their name? Do they have a face? Is the food they are selling coming out of Mexico with pesticides?
10
Chris Christie
Mom spent the time that she was supposed to be a kid actully raising children, her younger brother and younger sister. She was tough as nails and did not suffer fools at all. And the truth was she could not afford to. She spoke the truth, bluntly, directly, and without much varnish. I am her son.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIRECTLY»

Discover the use of directly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to directly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Go Directly to Jail: The Criminalization of Almost Everything
Go Directly to Jail examines those alarming trends and proposes reforms that could rein in a criminal justice apparatus at war with fairness and common sense.
Gene Healy, 2004
2
Families Directly Descended from All the Royal Families in ...
This book is the first basic tool in English to trace the origins of Chinese surnames. At the heart of the work are three principal chapters.
Elizabeth M. Leach Rixford, 2011
3
Linux System Programming: Talking Directly to the Kernel and ...
With this comprehensive book, Linux kernel contributor Robert Love provides you with a tutorial on Linux system programming, a reference manual on Linux system calls, and an insider’s guide to writing smarter, faster code.
Robert Love, 2013
4
All the Spiritualism of the Christian Bible and the ...
1922 and the scripture directly opposing it. Rev. Sprague lists every reference to Spiritualism found within the Bible with Chapter & Verse.
E. W. Sprague, 1996
5
The Supremes' Greatest Hits: The 37 Supreme Court Cases that ...
Covers these US Supreme Court cases: Marbury v.
Michael G. Trachtman, 2009
6
B2B Digital Marketing: Using the Web to Market Directly to ...
Whether you’re a B2B marketer, product manager, sales professional, PR specialist, manager, or entrepreneur, this book will help you use new low-cost techniques to build stronger relationships, close more sales, and earn higher ...
Michael Miller, 2012
7
Design and Development of Directly-modulated Antennas Using ...
By using certain active switching components to directly modulate a narrowband antenna with a baseband pulse train, the information bandwidth of the antenna may be decoupled from its resonant bandpass limitations.
Steven David Keller, 2008
8
Can a directly elected European Parliament abolish the ...
The aim of the essay is to discuss that question.
Nina Eder-Haslehner, 2011
9
Essentials of Mahamudra: Looking Directly at the Mind
Unmatched in its directness, Essentials of Mahamudra addresses both these needs, rendering one of the most advanced forms of meditation more easily adaptable to our everyday lives.
Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, Thrangu, Clark Johnson, 2004
10
The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use News Releases, ...
How to Use News Releases, Blogs, Podcasting, Viral Marketing and Online Media to Reach Buyers Directly David Meerman Scott. WebEx services during this kind of unusual situation. Offering the service for free often creates loyal future ...
David Meerman Scott, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIRECTLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term directly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
New installation lets people breathe alcohol directly into the …
A pair of food scientists have developed a cocktail cloud with its own weather system, allowing people to “breathe” drinks into their ... «Evening Standard, Jul 15»
2
North East devolution: The case for and against a directly-elected …
A directly-elected mayoral role could indeed be the beginning of the end Labour's 'one-party state' monopoly at a local level. To take a few ... «ChronicleLive, Jul 15»
3
Video: Go directly to the Monopoly finals! - Portsmouth News
Monopoly went from being a board game to an onboard game as a bus searching for the best players in the world stopped off at Portchester. «Portsmouth News, Jul 15»
4
Yeager Airport not directly affected - The Charleston Gazette
An “automation issue” that prompted United Airlines to ground all mainline flights early Wednesday did not affect United Express flights at ... «Charleston Gazette, Jul 15»
5
El Paso County to be directly involved in Children's Hospital's …
And its first move will be to protest the legal and professional fees that El Paso Children's Hospital is paying its consultants in its bankruptcy ... «El Paso Times, Jul 15»
6
Al-Quds Brigade builds watch tower directly across IDF structure on …
The al-Quds Brigade said the watch tower, in Khuza'a in the eastern part of the Gaza Strip, is eight meters tall and was intentionally built directly ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
7
S.C. House votes to send Flag Bill directly to floor | Las Vegas …
The U.S. flag and South Carolina state flag flies at half staff to honor the nine people killed in the Charleston murders as the confederate battle ... «Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jul 15»
8
Low-Income Tenants to be Directly Displaced by Development in El …
An El Cerrito townhome development is displacing longtime tenants from an affordable RV park — in a case that reveals the lack of protections ... «East Bay Express, Jul 15»
9
For the mutual fund industry, engaging customers directly is the new …
Direct investments (where investors bypass the distributor and buy directly from the company), the data said, amount to 13 per cent of individual ... «Hindu Business Line, Jul 15»
10
Automobile sector to employ 15mn people directly by 2022: NSDC …
NEW DELHI: Auto Industry will be employ nearly 15 million people directly, said National Skill Development Council (NSDC) in a recent report. «ET Auto, Jul 15»

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