Definition of directly

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Directly (adv.) Immediately after; as soon as.

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Image :: Image (n.) The figure or picture of any object formed at the focus of a lens or mirror, by rays of light from the several points of the object symmetrically refracted or reflected to corresponding points in such focus; this may be received on a screen, a photographic plate, or the retina of the eye, and viewed directly by the eye, or with an eyeglass, as in the telescope and microscope; the likeness of an object formed by reflection; as, to see one's image in a mirror..
Furfurine :: Furfurine (n.) A white, crystalline base, obtained indirectly from furfurol..
Immediately :: Immediately (adv.) As soon as. Cf. Directly, 8, Note..
Level :: Level (v. i.) To aim a gun, spear, etc., horizontally; hence, to aim or point a weapon in direct line with the mark; fig., to direct the eye, mind, or effort, directly to an object..
Straight :: Straight (adv.) In a straight manner; directly; rightly; forthwith; immediately; as, the arrow went straight to the mark..
Phenose :: Phenose (n.) A sweet amorphous deliquescent substance obtained indirectly from benzene, and isometric with, and resembling, dextrose..
Franklin Stove :: Franklin stove () A kind of open stove introduced by Benjamin Franklin, the peculiar feature of which was that a current of heated air was directly supplied to the room from an air box; -- now applied to other varieties of open stoves..
Directly :: Directly (adv.) Exactly; just.
Collaterally :: Collaterally (adv.) In an indirect or subordinate manner; indirectly.
Obrogate :: Obrogate (v. t.) To annul indirectly by enacting a new and contrary law, instead of by expressly abrogating or repealing the old one..
Undecolic :: Undecolic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C11H18O2, of the propiolic acid series, obtained indirectly from undecylenic acid as a white crystalline substance..
Mesmerism :: Mesmerism (n.) The art of inducing an extraordinary or abnormal state of the nervous system, in which the actor claims to control the actions, and communicate directly with the mind, of the recipient. See Animal magnetism, under Magnetism..
Cross-reading :: Cross-reading (n.) The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across the page, instead of down the columns, thus producing a ludicrous combination of ideas..
Integrator :: Integrator (n.) That which integrates; esp., an instrument by means of which the area of a figure can be measured directly, or its moment of inertia, or statical moment, etc., be determined..
Directly :: Directly (adv.) Without circumlocution or ambiguity; absolutely; in express terms.
Taproot :: Taproot (n.) The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable depth without dividing.
Vertex :: Vertex (n.) The zenith, or the point of the heavens directly overhead..
Flat :: Flat (adv.) In a flat manner; directly; flatly.
Battening :: Battening (n.) Furring done with small pieces nailed directly upon the wall.
Directly :: Directly (adv.) In a straightforward way; without anything intervening; not by secondary, but by direct, means..
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