Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DI-RECT'LY, adv.

1. In a straight line or course; rectilineally; not in a winding course. Aim directly to the object. Gravity tends directly to the center of the earth. As a direct line is the shortest course; hence,
2. Immediately; soon; without delay; as, he will be with us directly.
3. Openly; expressly; without circumlocution or ambiguity; or without a train of inferences. No man hath been so impious, as directly to condemn prayer. – Hooker.