DIRECTLY
ADVERBS
► ABOUT EAST directly, completely, properly, regularly → 1856 Amer. dial.
► AGATE directly, immediately → 1440 obs.
► BANG-SPANG exactly, directly → 1917 Amer. dial.
► BELIVE ► BILIVE ► BLIVE at once, immediately, directly → c1220 obs.
► BY BIRD ► BY THE BIRD by the most direct route, as the crow flies → 1967 Amer. dial.
► DOWNRIGHT of speech and behaviour: in a direct and straightforward manner; clearly, bluntly; outright → 1607 arch.
► DRECKLY directly → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► DRECKLY MINUTE directly; instantly, immediately, at once → 1892 Eng. dial.
► FLAT-OUT plainly, directly → 1934 Amer. dial.
► GATELINGS directly → 1768 Sc. obs.
► GATEWARDS by the direct road, directly → 1630-56 obs.
► IN TWO TWOS directly, immediately, in a very short time → 1838 colloq.
► ON THE BUTTON directly; exactly → 1903 Amer. colloq.
► RECKLEYS directly, instantly → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RECKLINS directly → 1866 Eng. dial.
► RIGHT AWAY directly → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► RIGHT FORTH directly; straight; on a straight course → 1382
► RIGHTLY directly; in a straight line; also, immediately, straightaway → 1000 obs.
► RIGHT OFF directly → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SLAP directly; completely → M19 sl.
► SUDDENLY without delay, forthwith, promptly, immediately, directly, at once → c1330 obs.
► THE-RECKLIES ► THERECKLY corruption of directly → 1878 Eng. dial.
► YERNE quickly, without delay, immediately, directly, soon → c1320 obs.
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