directly
/dəˈektli/dur-EKT-lee
/dɚˈɛktli/dur-EKT-lee
Meaningin a straight way
Common meaning: without a stop or go-between
Other meanings: at once
- diapart
- rectstraight; rightLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1536 · scan
- lyadverb ending: in a way
‘apart’ + ‘straight’ → directly
Journey through time
- Latinrēctus‘straight’
- Middle Englishdirectesource
- Englishdirect‘straight’
- Englishformed in English from directdirectly‘without a stop or go-between’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from direct + -ly.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), DIRECT, p.168 · scan
Roots
- rēctus Latin “straight; right”
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