directly

directly
1. adverb
1) direkt; unmittelbar [folgen, verantwortlich sein]
2) (exactly) direkt; wörtlich [zitieren, abschreiben]
3) (at once) direkt; umgehend; (shortly) gleich; sofort
2. conjunction
(Brit. coll.) sowie
* * *
adverb
1) (in a direct manner: I went directly to the office.) direkt
2) (almost at once: He will be here directly.) sofort
* * *
di·rect·ly
[dɪˈrektli]
I. adv
1. (without interruption) direkt, ohne Umwege
to tell sb sth \directly jdm etw ohne Umschweife sagen
2. (exactly) direkt, genau
3. (soon) sofort, gleich, bald
I'll be with you \directly ich bin gleich bei Ihnen
4. (frankly) offen, aufrichtig, direkt
\directly after/before ... unmittelbar danach/davor ...
II. conj sobald, sowie
* * *
[dI'rektlɪ]
1. adv
1) direkt; above, below, opposite, related direkt, unmittelbar

to be directly linked or connected (to sth) — in einem direkten or unmittelbaren Zusammenhang (mit etw) stehen

A is not directly related to B — zwischen A und B besteht kein direkter Zusammenhang

he is directly descended from X — er stammt in direkter Linie von X ab

directly responsible — unmittelbar verantwortlich

2) (= bluntly) say direkt, offen; refuse, deny glatt
3) (= at once) sofort; (= shortly) gleich
2. conj
(= as soon as) sobald

he'll come directly he's ready — er kommt, sobald er fertig ist

* * *
directly
A adv
1. direkt, gerade, in gerader Richtung
2. unmittelbar, direkt (auch TECH):
directly proportional direkt proportional;
directly in the middle direkt oder genau in der Mitte;
directly opposed genau entgegengesetzt
3. besonders Br [umg auch ˈdreklı]
a) sofort, sogleich
b) gleich, bald:
I am coming directly
4. unzweideutig, klar
5. offen, ehrlich
B konj [Br auch ˈdreklı] sowie, sobald
* * *
1. adverb
1) direkt; unmittelbar [folgen, verantwortlich sein]
2) (exactly) direkt; wörtlich [zitieren, abschreiben]
3) (at once) direkt; umgehend; (shortly) gleich; sofort
2. conjunction
(Brit. coll.) sowie
* * *
adv.
direkt adv.
geradewegs adv.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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