directly

directly
adv.
Directly is used with these adjectives: ↑accessible, ↑accountable, ↑adjacent, ↑analogous, ↑applicable, ↑attached, ↑comparable, ↑compatible, ↑concerned, ↑contrary, ↑dependent, ↑effective, ↑engaged, ↑involved, ↑opposed, ↑overhead, ↑pertinent, ↑proportional, ↑related, ↑relevant, ↑responsible, ↑subject, ↑subordinate
Directly is used with these verbs: ↑absorb, ↑address, ↑affect, ↑aim, ↑appeal, ↑apply, ↑approach, ↑arise, ↑assert, ↑assess, ↑attack, ↑attribute, ↑bear, ↑benefit, ↑challenge, ↑charge, ↑communicate, ↑compare, ↑compete, ↑concern, ↑confront, ↑connect, ↑contact, ↑contradict, ↑contravene, ↑contribute, ↑control, ↑correlate, ↑correspond, ↑criticize, ↑deal, ↑deliver, ↑demonstrate, ↑depend, ↑derive, ↑descend, ↑determine, ↑discharge, ↑elect, ↑employ, ↑empty, ↑engage, ↑enhance, ↑equate, ↑examine, ↑experience, ↑expose, ↑feed, ↑finance, ↑fire, ↑fix, ↑flow, ↑focus, ↑follow, ↑fund, ↑govern, ↑help, ↑hit, ↑impinge, ↑implicate, ↑import, ↑incorporate, ↑infer, ↑influence, ↑inhibit, ↑interact, ↑interfere, ↑intervene, ↑invest, ↑involve, ↑issue, ↑lead, ↑liaise, ↑link, ↑mail, ↑market, ↑measure, ↑mention, ↑mount, ↑negotiate, ↑observe, ↑order, ↑oversee, ↑participate, ↑perceive, ↑place, ↑precede, ↑proceed, ↑promote, ↑quote, ↑recruit, ↑refer, ↑reflect, ↑relate, ↑reply, ↑respond, ↑return, ↑shine, ↑speak, ↑stimulate, ↑strike, ↑supervise, ↑support, ↑tackle, ↑talk, ↑target, ↑threaten, ↑tie, ↑trace, ↑trade, ↑transfer, ↑translate, ↑wire, ↑work

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  • directly — index instantly Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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  • directly — *presently, shortly, soon …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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  • directly — di|rect|ly1 [ dı rektli, daı rektli ] adverb *** ▸ 1 involving no one else ▸ 2 in a direct line ▸ 3 exactly ▸ 4 clearly and honestly ▸ 5 immediately ▸ 6 soon 1. ) in a way that involves only the two people or things mentioned, with no one or… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • directly — I UK [dɪˈrek(t)lɪ] / US / UK [daɪˈrek(t)lɪ] / US adverb *** 1) in a way that involves only the two people or things mentioned, with no one or nothing else coming in between I prefer to deal directly with the manager. I am holding you directly… …   English dictionary

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