How to pronounce “directly”

Meaning

• [Adverb]
• In a direct manner; in a straight line or course.
• In a straightforward way; without anything intervening; not by secondary but by direct means.
• Plainly, without circumlocution or ambiguity; absolutely; in express terms.
• Exactly; just; at the shortest possible distance.
• Straightforwardly; honestly.
• (dated) Immediately.
• (chiefly dated or dialect, including Midlands, Cornwall, Southern US) Soon; next; in due time; as soon as it becomes convenient.
• [Conjunction]
• (chiefly British) As soon as; immediately (elliptical for directly that/as/when)

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