directly

/dɪˈrektli/ adverb

Definition

NOTHING BETWEEN › with no other person or thing involved or between: Why don't you speak to him directly?

directly after/behind/opposite, etc › exactly or immediately after/behind/opposite, etc: She was sitting directly opposite me.

CLEAR › clearly and honestly: Let me answer that question directly.

(Definition of directly adverb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

everything that exists or is possible

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