Dictionary » D » Directly

Directly

Directly

1. In a direct manner; in a straight line or course. To run directly on. Indirectly and directly too Thou hast contrived against the very life Of the defendant. (Shak)

2. In a straightforward way; without anything intervening; not by secondary, but by direct, means.

3. Without circumlocution or ambiguity; absolutely; in express terms. No man hath hitherto been so impious as plainly and directly to condemn prayer. (Hooker)

4. Exactly; just. Stand you directly in Antonius' way. (Shak)

5. Straightforwardly; honestly. I have dealt most directly in thy affair. (Shak)

6. Manifestly; openly. Desdemona is directly in love with him. (Shak)

7. Straightway; next in order; without delay; immediately. Will she go now to bed?' directly.'

8. Immediately after; as soon as. Directly he stopped, the coffin was removed. (Dickens)

this use of the word is common in England, especially in colloquial speech, but it can hardly be regarded as a well-sanctioned or desirable use.

(Science: mathematics) directly proportional, proportional in the order of the terms; increasing or decreasing together, and with a constant ratio; opposed to inversely proportional.

Synonym: Immediately, forthwith, straightway, instantly, instantaneously, soon, promptly, openly, expressly.

directly, Immediately, Instantly, Instantaneously. Directly denotes, without any delay or diversion of attention; immediately implies, without any interposition of other occupation; instantly implies, without any intervention of time. Hence, I will do it directly, means, I will go straightway about it. I will do it immediately, means, I will do it as the very next thing. I will do it instantly, allows not a particle of delay. Instantaneously, like instantly, marks an interval too small to be appreciable, but commonly relates to physical causes; as, the powder touched by fire instantaneously exploded.


Please contribute to this project, if you have more information about this term feel free to edit this page



Results from our forum


Use of Bacteria

... extensively used for many experiments in molecular biology including the expression of foreign proteins and other molecules. And this leads us directly to industrial processes at a large scale like the production of insulin. Furthermore, bacteria are used in the treatment of wastewater and ...

See entire post
by DanielSan
Tue May 19, 2009 7:58 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Use of Bacteria
Replies: 2
Views: 185

primer design - please help

you could blast it and find out what the dna sequence for it is, assuming you want to amplify it directly from a person. In any way, you do need the dna sequence

See entire post
by MrMistery
Tue May 05, 2009 11:59 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: primer design - please help
Replies: 3
Views: 129

Radioactivity Q

... 37C and after 5min, 2ul aliquots were removed from the reaction mix to determine the amount of radioactivity incorporated. One aliquot was counted directly to determine the total amount of radioactivity in the sample. Another aliquot was TCA precipitated to determine the amount of radioactivity ...

See entire post
by monkey07
Tue May 05, 2009 4:18 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Radioactivity Q
Replies: 0
Views: 91

Experiment: Can Electromagnetic....

... didn't produce the study they just reported on it. And anyways, it's still proof of concept. I intend to do research myself. Any advice relating directly to the practicality and methods I have proposed?

See entire post
by seta37
Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:28 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Experiment: Can Electromagnetic....
Replies: 7
Views: 260

Re: Natural selection is proven wrong

... but with reduced fertility, although quite good from a human point of view, would probably quickly be removd from the gene pool, because it will directly reduce the fitness of the (in?)fortunate carriers of the gene.

See entire post
by canalon
Thu Apr 23, 2009 1:33 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
Replies: 88
Views: 2510
View all matching forum results

This page was last modified 21:16, 3 October 2005. This page has been accessed 3,223 times. 
What links here | Related changes | Permanent link