DIRECTLY, adverb 1. In a straight lin or course; rectilineally; not in a winding course. Aim directly to the object. Gravity tends directly to the center of the earth. 2. Immediately; soon; without delay; as, he will be with us directly 3. Openly; expressly, without circumlocution or ambiguity, or without a train or inferences. No man hath been so impious, as directly to condemn prayer.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI