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- pronunciation:
- d
rekt
li
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adverb |
| definition 1: |
When something goes directly, it goes in a straight line.
This road goes directly north.These stairs lead directly to the attic.- synonyms:
- straight
- similar words:
- due, full, right
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| definition 2: |
If you go directly home after school, you go straight there. You don't go anywhere else before you go home. If you go to bed directly after brushing your teeth, you don't do anything between brushing your teeth and going to bed.
Mr. Ashe went directly to his office today. He didn't stop to get coffee and a donut like he usually does.- similar words:
- right, straight
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| definition 3: |
If your friend's house is directly across the street from yours, it is exactly across the street. If you walk from your house to their house, you walk in a straight line.
The library is directly across the street from the post office.- synonyms:
- right
- similar words:
- exactly, flat, full, straight
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| related words: |
short |
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