Synonyms for DIRECTLY
dɪˈrɛkt li, daɪ-di·rect·ly

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1. directlyadverb

   Antonyms:
   indirectly

2. directlyadverb

   As soon as.

   He drove directly to the office, and didn't stop off at the petrol station.

   Antonyms:
   indirectly

3. directlyadverb

   I'm sick of asking you to fire him, I'll just do it directly.

   Antonyms:
   indirectly

4. directlyadverb

   Antonyms:
   indirectly

5. directlyadverb

   It's directly across the street

   Antonyms:
   indirectly

6. directlyadverb

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

   Antonyms:
   indirectly

7. directlyadverb

   Antonyms:
   indirectly

8. directlyadverb

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

   Antonyms:
   indirectly

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1. directly

   The strong and general human tendency to procrastination is shown in the progressive weakening of the various words in this group. Immediately primarily signifies without the intervention of anything as a medium, hence without the intervention of any, even the briefest, interval or lapse of time. By and by, which was once a synonym, has become an antonym of immediately, meaning at some (perhaps remote) future time. Directly, which once meant with no intervening time, now means after some little while; presently no longer means in this very present, but before very long. Even immediately is sliding from its instantaneousness, so that we are fain to substitute at once, instantly, etc., when we would make promptness emphatic. Right away and right off are vigorous conversational expressions in the United States.

   Synonyms:
   at once, forthwith, immediately, instanter, instantly, now, presently, right away, right off, straightway, this instant, without delay

   Antonyms:
   after a while, by and by, hereafter, in the future, some time

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1. directly

   Synonyms:
   straightly, straightway, immediately, undeviatingly, at once, promptly, quickly, instantly

   Antonyms:
   indirectly, by-and-by, interveniently

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1. directly, straight, directadverb

   without deviation

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

   Synonyms:
   directly, at once, straightaway, now, like a shot, straight off, direct, flat, straight, right away, instantly, immediately, forthwith

   Antonyms:
   indirectly

2. directlyadverb

   without anyone or anything intervening

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

   Synonyms:
   at once, straightaway, now, like a shot, straight off, direct, flat, straight, right away, instantly, immediately, forthwith

   Antonyms:
   indirectly

3. immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly, now, right away, at once, forthwith, like a shotadverb

   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!"

   Synonyms:
   now, at one time, straight, at present, like a shot, instantly, instantaneously, in a flash, at once, outright, nowadays, at a time, today, direct, directly, forthwith, promptly, straight off, straightaway, right away, flat, immediately

   Antonyms:
   indirectly

4. directly, flat, straightadverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   directly, at once, straightaway, now, like a shot, straight off, direct, flat, straight, right away, instantly, immediately, forthwith

   Antonyms:
   indirectly

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1. directlyadjective

   Synonyms:
   in a straight line, in a straight course

2. directlyadjective

   Synonyms:
   expressly, absolutely, unambiguously, openly, without circumlocution

3. directlyadjective

   Synonyms:
   immediately, quickly, promptly, speedily, soon, presently, forthwith, instantly, INSTANTER, in a short time, without delay

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1. directlyadverb

   Synonyms:
   diametrically, immediately

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1. List of paraphrases for "directly":

   direct, straight, immediately, squarely, first-hand, immediate, outright

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How to use DIRECTLY in a sentence?

1. Duncan Hunter:

   We haven't talked to him about this yet, but we want face time with him on this as soon as possible, this directly contradicts what he's talking about.

2. Sunni Islamists:

   They use civilians as shields. They use children in armed conflict, they also directly target civilian infrastructure and that can amount to war crimes but they can also constitute crimes against humanity.

3. Mike Apicello:

   What people don't realize is while they're setting off fireworks and sparklers in hot, dry heat or wind, that fires can move very quickly, putting their neighborhood directly in threat, look for open, wide spaces to ignite fireworks, and stay away from fire fuels such as grass, which in this type of heat, cure out really fast. And with the high winds, all it takes is an ignition, even in an urban environment. A bottle rocket on a shake roof would ignite a fire very rapidly.

4. Sandy Fielden:

   Whenever we talk about these numbers, the issues are not just of pure dock capacity. For China, the more important issue for them is the size of vessel that you can load. (Of) all of the main (U.S.) regions where loading is occurring, none can load a VLCC directly.

5. Gordon Sondland:

   I did not understand, until much later, that Mr. Giuliani's agenda might have also included an effort to prompt the Ukrainians to investigate Vice President Joe Biden or Joe Biden son or to involve Ukrainians, directly or indirectly, in the president's 2020 re-election campaign.