directly
/dɪˈrɛktli/
US pronunciation
American sound/dɪˈrɛktli/
dɪˈrɛktli
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
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- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final y vowel sound
dɪ - ˈrɛktli -> directly
Myanmar meaning
(adv) ဖြောင့်ဖြောင့်။ တည့်တည့်။ တိတိကျကျ။ တိုက်ရိုက်။ ချက်ချင်း။ အလျင်အမြန်။
Full entry
directly /dǝ'rektli, dÇ-, daÇ-/ adv
၁။ ဖြောင့်ဖြောင့်။ တည့်တည့်။ တိတိကျကျ။ တိုက်ရိုက်။
He looked directly at us. ❍ She's directly responsible to the boss. ❍ It's directly opposite the church.
၂။ (က) ချက်ချင်း။ အလျင်အမြန်။
She didn't answer directly but sat silently for a few moments.
(ခ) မကြာမီ။ တစ်ခဏအတွင်း။ ချက်ချင်း။ ခုပဲ။ Tell them I'll be there directly.
conj …လျှင်…ချင်း။
I went home directly I had finished work.
More examples
- I prefer to deal directly with the manager.
- I am holding you directly responsible for this.
- This will contribute directly to the strength of the economy.
- Many problems can be directly linked to the decline in manufacturing.
- His British lawyer arrived at Frankfurt airport this morning and went directly to the prison.
- Patrick took Jane by the elbows and looked directly into her eyes.
- The post office is directly opposite the town hall.
- There was no light on in the room directly above.
- Jackson avoided saying directly that he disapproved of the proposals.
- He left the office directly after the meeting.
- The manager will be with you directly.
Synonyms
in a straight line, straight, unswervingly, absolutely, anon, as a crow flies, as the crow flies, at once, beeline, before appointed time, bluntly, call a spade a spade, candidly, clearly, completely, contiguously, dead, diametrically, direct, due, early, exactly, face-to-face, first off, forthright, forthwith, frankly, from the hip, honestly, immediately, in a second, in every respect, in person, instantaneously, instanter, instantly, like it is, literally, literatim, matinal, no lie, nonstop, on short notice, on the dot, openly, overearly, oversoon, personally, plainly, plump, point-black, precisely, preexistent, presently, promptly, pronto, quickly, right, right away, shortly, sic, sincerely, slam bang, slap, smack, smack dab, soon, speedily, straight off, straightaway, straightforwardly, straightly, to the letter, truthfully, unambiguously, unanticipated, undeviatingly, undisguised, unequivocally, verbatim, wholly, without delay, without deviation, without prevarication, word for word, word-for-word
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