adv.
Pronunciation: d ə - ' rek(t)-l ē , d ī -; ' drek-l ē
Function: conjunction
Date: 1795
chiefly British : immediately after : AS SOON AS < directly I received it I rang up the shipping company ― F. W. Crofts>
adv.
Pronunciation: d ə - ' rek(t)-l ē , d ī -; ' drek-l ē
Function: conjunction
Date: 1795
chiefly British : immediately after : AS SOON AS < directly I received it I rang up the shipping company ― F. W. Crofts>
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012