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Without changing direction or stopping
“Later after dinner, Melanie went directly to her room and began playing her favorite video game.”
Exactly in a specified position
“In our previous home in Windsor, we lived directly under the flight path of landing airplanes.”
Immediately or very soon, typically following a given action or event
“The next morning, Elizabeth left for the market directly after breakfast as Odessa had ordered.”
In a frank way
“She spoke directly to the girls of the importance of supporting each other.”
With nothing or no one in between
“You will be reporting directly to your office manager.”
In precisely the same words
“This is quoted directly from his interview given to the news network.”
So as to give special emphasis to a point
Directly from the original source
Directly into the front of something or someone
In direct or resolute way
In a complete manner
“The two brothers are surprisingly in direct contrast with each other when it comes to their temperament.”
Individually, without the involvement of others
(of a path) Adverb for having no stoppages or interruptions
“Try as I might, I could not find a direct flight from Australia to France.”
Adverb for without intervening factors or intermediaries
“As a direct result of his teaching endeavors, many of us went on to do higher research degrees.”
As soon as
“He is to go to Calais, directly this is over, to replace Lord Berners as governor.”
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