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DIRECTLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
Example:
Come here now!
Synonyms:
at once; directly; forthwith; immediately; instantly; like a shot; now; right away; straight off; straightaway
Classified under:
Sense 2
Meaning:
Without deviation
Example:
went direct to the office
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Pertainym:
direct (direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short)
Sense 3
Meaning:
In a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
Example:
came out flat for less work and more pay
Synonyms:
directly; flat; straight
Classified under:
Adverbs
Antonym:
indirectly (not in a forthright manner)
Pertainym:
direct (straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Without anyone or anything intervening
Example:
measured the physical properties directly
Classified under:
Adverbs
Pertainym:
direct (having no intervening persons, agents, conditions)
Context examples:
And now my patient readers, I can address you directly no longer.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He saw the look, knit his heavy eyebrows, rubbed his hands, and marched abruptly away, saying he'd be back directly.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Once he awakened, and in an opening in the circle, directly in front of him, he saw the she-wolf gazing at him.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
I have really a curiosity to see the person who can give occasion to such directly opposite notions.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
They went to breakfast directly; but Catherine could hardly eat anything.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
“Then you would drink a great deal more than you ought,” said Mrs. Bennet; “and if I were to see you at it, I should take away your bottle directly.”
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Autoantibodies can directly destroy cells that have the substances on them or can make it easier for other white blood cells to destroy them.
(Autoantibody, NCI Dictionary)
A muscle that inserts directly onto the capsule of a joint, acting to retract the capsule in certain movements.
(Articular Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)
Arildone interacts directly with the poliovirus capsid and prevents uncoating in infected cells.
(Arildone, NCI Thesaurus)
Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) harvested directly from infiltrate of a patient's melanoma and cultured with interleukin-2 to expand the TIL cell population.
(Melanoma Tumor-Reactive Autologous Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocyte, NCI Thesaurus)
