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Meaning of directly | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent

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  1. In a direct manner; in a straight line or course
  2. In a straightforward way; without anything intervening; not by secondary but by direct means
  3. As soon as.
  4. Plainly, without circumlocution or ambiguity; absolutely; in express terms
  5. leidend, rigtinggewend تَوجيهي، إتِّجاهي . който показва посока direcional řídící Richtungs... retningsbestemt; retnings- κατευθυντήριος direccional suunaline جهت دار suunta- directionnel כִּיווּנִי दिशात्मक koji daje smjer, uputni irány- menurut petunjuk leiðbeinandi direzionale 方向の 방향의 kryptinis virziena- kearah richting-, gerichtretnings-kierunkowy مخه لرونكى، جهت لرونكى direccional direcţional направленный riadiaci usmerjevalen usmeren ledande, lednings- เกี่ยวกับทิศทาง yöne ait, yönsel 方...
  6. Exactly; just; at the shortest possible distance
  7. a general instruction from a higher authority about what is to be done etc. opdrag تَوْجيهي директива diretriz příkaz, instrukce die Vorschrift direktiv; instruks κατευθυντήρια γραμμή orden, instrucción, directiva juhend فرمان؛ دستور toimintaohje directive הַנחָיָיה निदेशात्मक naredba, direktiva utasítás petunjuk leiðbeining direttiva 指令 지시 direktyva direktīva arahan instructieerklæring, direktivzarządzenie فرمان directriz directivă директива príkaz, smernica smernica direktiva direktiv คำบัญ...
    etc
  8. Straightforwardly; honestly
  9. ondubbelsinnigheid, eerlikheid مُباشَرَه директност de forma direta přímost, upřímnost die Geradheit ligefremhed ευθύτηταfranqueza otsesus سرراستی؛ صراحت suoruus franchiseישירות प्रत्यक्षता izravnost őszinteség keterusterangan afdráttarleysi; hreinskilni franchezza 直接性 똑바름, 직접적인, 솔직함 tiesumas tiešums terus-terang directheiddet å gå rett på sak; liketil framgangsmåte; målbevissthet bezpośredniość صراحت direitura sinceritate прямота úprimnosť odkritost direktnost omedelbarhet, rättframhet ทางตร...
  10. a person or thing that directs, eg one of a group of persons who manage the affairs of a business or a person who is in charge of the making of a film, play etc. He is on the board of directors of our firm; The producer and the director quarrelled about the film. direkteur, regisseur مُدير، مُخْرِج директор, режисьор diretor ředitel, šéf; režisér der Direktor chef; leder; instruktør διευθυντής, σκηνοθέτηςdirector, directivo juht, reþissöör سرپرست؛ کارگردان ohjaaja directeur, trice, réalisateu...
    eg
  11. a type of book giving names and addresses etc. a telephone directory. telefoongids دَليل справочник lista adresář; seznam das Adress-, Telefonbuch adressebog; -bog κατάλογοςguía telefónica, listín kataloog کتاب راهنما luettelo annuaire מָדרִיך טֶלֶפוֹן डायरेक्टरी, निर्देशिका, सूची telefonski imenik címtár direktori, buku petunjuk (síma)skrá elenco, annuario 住所氏名録 주소성명록 knyga, sąrašas telefona abonentu saraksts buku panduan telefon gidskatalogspis لارښوونكى، ديادداشت كتابچه: داجرائيې هيئت (دفر...
    etc
  12. In a direct line or manner; straight: The road runs directly north.
  13. Without anyone or anything intervening: directly responsible.
  14. Exactly or totally: directly opposite.
  15. At once; instantly: Leave directly.

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