directly
adverb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adverb
without deviation
the path leads directly to the lake
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adverb
without anyone or anything intervening
these two factors are directly related
Related & opposite
- unmediated derived from
Sense 3 adverb
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
he answered immediately
Related & opposite
- immediate derived from
Sense 4 adverb
in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
he didn't answer directly
Related & opposite
- indirectly antonym
- direct derived from
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derived from | Related & opposite | direct |
| 1 | derived from | Related & opposite | straight |
| 2 | derived from | Related & opposite | unmediated |
| 3 | derived from | Related & opposite | immediate |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | indirectly |
| 4 | derived from | Related & opposite | direct |