DIRECTLY Synonyms

• the momentary present

• in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

• in these times

• used to preface a command or reproof or request

• at the present moment

• without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening

• (prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity

• in the immediate past

• having no deviations

• (of hair) having no waves or curls

• characterized by honesty and fairness

• no longer coiled

• free from curves or angles

• a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex

• a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)

• a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse

• without deviation

• in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly

• in a straight line; in a direct course

• successive (without a break)

• erect in posture

• in keeping with the facts

• neatly arranged; not disorderly

• not homosexual

• accurately fitted; level

• without evasion or compromise

• (of an alcoholic drink) without water

• following a correct or logical method

• rigidly conventional or old-fashioned

• with few mistakes

• strictly correctly

• in good time

• in a blunt direct manner

• without doubt or question

• in an intelligible manner

• clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment

• in an easily perceptible manner

• direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short

• straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action

• in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child

• moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth

• similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity

• (of a current) flowing in one direction only

• without deviation

• having no intervening persons, agents, conditions

• being an immediate result or consequence

• in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker

• lacking compromising or mitigating elements

• command with authority

• intend (something) to move towards a certain goal

• guide the actors in (plays and films)

• govern or manage

• take somebody somewhere

• cause to go somewhere

• point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards

• lead, as in the performance of a composition

• give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction

• specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public

• direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

• put an address on (an envelope)

• plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

• lacking contrast or shading between tones

• (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone

• a level tract of land

• a shallow box in which seedlings are started

• a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named

• freight car without permanent sides or roof

• a deflated pneumatic tire

• scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting

• a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

• with flat sails

• in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly

• having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another

• having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness

• not modified or restricted by reservations

• stretched out and lying at full length along the ground

• flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)

• lacking taste or flavor or tang

• lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting

• having lost effervescence

• sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch

• horizontally level

• lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth

• not reflecting light; not glossy

• commercially inactive

• (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that

• without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening

• near or close by

• bearing an immediate relation

• without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening

• without any delay

• indicating exactness or preciseness

• in a precise manner

• just as it should be

• in the near future

• at this time or period; now

• for a short time

• in the near future

• in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner

• in a concise manner; in a few words

• at a short distance

• a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse

• without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening

• performed with little or no delay

• with truth

• in an unambiguous manner

• so as to be unique