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directly

If something happens directly, it happens with nothing in between. I don't think we'll be directly affected by these changes.

directly

right after; as soon as I'll pay him a visit directly I've finished my tea.

directly

(= direct) without deviation the path leads directly to the lake went direct to the office without anyone or anything intervening these two factors are directly related he was directly responsible measured the physical properties directly (= immediately, straightaway, now, forthwith) without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening he answered immediately found an answer straightaway an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith Come here now! (= flat, straight) in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly he didn't answer directly told me straight out came out flat for less work and more pay

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Simple sentences

These sentences are not directly linked.
Don't inhale directly from the bottle containing benzene.
Sam went directly to bed.
As a rule, I prefer people who deal with matters of this kind directly with those involved.
The English ambassador demanded to meet with the President directly.
Mayuko came directly home.
She will report directly to me.
I got the information from him directly.
It is said that global warming is directly related to carbon dioxide emissions.
He married directly after he left the university.
The process by which substances are turned directly from a solid state into a gas is called sublimation.
The afternoon sun comes directly into my room.
Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.
The note is jotted directly on the envelope.
In her speech, she emphasized the issues directly related to practice.
You can go there directly by bus or by train.
They ask questions directly to the President.
Why not talk to her about it directly?
Kindly address yourself to the chairman, not directly to other representatives at this meeting.
Can I call directly?
He will be contacting you directly.
Why don't you tell her directly?
Stop beating around the bush and tell me directly why you're so angry.

Movie subtitles

In order to use the Geass, one must look directly into the opponents' eyes.
And I believe that the current President of the Church, Thomas Monson, speaks directly to God!
Every now and again, the planet passes directly between us and the star.
We're transferring her to the Burns Unit at the Central Infirmary...and I think it would be best if you made your way there directly.
That links Jared directly.
If we perform a procedure called a tracheotomy we'll be able to get oxygen directly into her windpipe.
Please answer my questions directly, Miss Preston, and you can keep your sarcasm to yourself.
Have yourself divorced directly.
Such a villain. Phone to solicitor Figleaf directly.
Samlak also avoids the official reception from the Egyptian court and goes directly Amenes.
He'll be here directly.
I'll pay you directly it comes.
I come directly from Rome on my way to Judea.
Yes, directly from Rome.
Don't approach him directly from the front.
Ah, I bet you decided to plug yourself in directly, huh?
Stick to the facts directly related to the crime and, again, address the jury.
If you're afraid of waiting in the police station, you can leave it directly you're inside.
You can come directly to my study.
I thought you were coming directly.
I should like to think that an irate Jehovah was pointing those arrows of lightning directly at my head.
Do? Have him measured for a suit of clothes directly?
I'll come directly.
I'll bring your husband to you directly.
I stepped on some pebbles when I was directly beneath him and..
As a matter of fact, I'm glad to be able to talk to you directly and frankly.
Or-- Although he told me directly, but I think he intends to find someone to discuss with.
I'll get directly to the point.
Let's return directly to Korea.
But to relate that directly to religious belief, to religious revelation, if you like, should be taken with a pinch of salt.
My boss could deal with her directly.
I'll be there directly.
I thought you were coming directly. We've all been waiting.
We're going away directly after we're married.
As soon as we're married, we're coming directly back here.
Give that directly to the Principal.
We dealt directly with the representative of the Grand Duchess.

News and current affairs

I believe that every member state should administer those policies that do not directly and significantly affect other member states.
By encouraging industrial production directly, it is possible to have the upside without the downside.
Three of the eight MDGs - reductions in children's deaths, maternal deaths, and epidemic diseases - focus directly on health.
Antarctica, the only land in the world that is administered directly by the international community, is a recent case in point.
It would be better to improve financial-market regulation directly and let national tax systems handle banks' income like that of any other industry.
It thus sometimes achieved indirectly what could not be done directly: the leveraging of American influence to promote human rights.
As is usually the case, financial crisis amplified other causes of economic meltdown, rather than igniting it directly.
He is weaker militarily now than then, he cannot hit the US directly, and he must know that fresh aggression would bring the house down upon him.
But it should have been disbursed directly in cash to the most needy Russians: pensioners whose earnings plummeted due to inflation and economic contraction.
Member states also need intelligence derived from ongoing casework, not to inform policy, at least not directly, but to disrupt and dismantle networks and prevent attacks.
Midway through her remarks, she began speaking not to the Syrian ambassador, who was in the room, or even the Syrian government, but directly to the Syrian people.
Speaking directly to citizens - seeing a country's people, as well as its government - is not just a rhetorical device.
From now on, US diplomatic relations with other countries will engage directly with their people and connect them to the American people as much as possible.
Nevertheless, the crisis poses an almost existential challenge to the European Union - and has required such huge sums - because it directly implicates the key underlying principle of European governance: the nature of the state.
The current drought covering much of East Africa - far more severe than past droughts - has been directly associated with climate change.
However, aid was not directly linked to performance and results, and it is much more difficult to know whether it had the desired impact overall.
First, a new global compact should focus more directly on rich countries' responsibilities.
Beyond the resentment that such an attitude engenders, American exemptionalism directly undermines multilateral institutions' capacity to address challenges that the US is unwilling or unable to resolve on its own.
For starters, to avoid the kind of obstructionism that prevailed in the last eight years, the next president must engage Congress directly and actively.
Given that most information about UAV activity is classified, it is impossible to know whether all drone targets directly participated in hostilities.
The general shift from defined-benefit pension plans to defined-contribution plans meant that employees felt the effect of rising share prices directly in their own personal accounts.
It cannot solve problems that directly affect it by acting on its own, though its leadership remains indispensable.
Euro-skepticism, on the other hand, and the looming threat of anti-European populism, is directly linked to the idea that the EU is not merely incapable of offering a solution to the crisis, but in fact is part of the problem.
Securing a peaceful and nuclear-free Korean peninsula, a place where the interests of China, Japan, Russia, and America directly intersect, is one of the most important security goals anywhere on the planet.
Nonetheless, Khamenei's invocation of the law echoes the demands of many conservative-pragmatists who lean toward Mousavi, who is not in a position to challenge Khamenei's authority directly.
These issues should simply be peacefully managed over time, until sufficient political capital has been created in the rest of the relationship to address them directly.

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