Directly

Examples

• Anyone who has had the smallest experience of municipal politics knows that the corruption of the police is directly proportionate to the severity of the taboos it is asked to enforce. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• You do jest; zis is not ze palace; we come there directly. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He was fast asleep directly. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The moving of passengers and freight seems to be directly related to the progress of civilization, and the factor whose influence has been most felt in this field is the steam locomotive. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Miss Abbot, lend me your garters; she would break mine directly. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Come home directly. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• I have some business there that must be looked to directly, Mrs. Rouncewell answers. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Directly after, Mr. Wynne's keeper came up, carrying a gun. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• In the man's problem, the growing impossibility of early marriages is directly related to the business situation. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The first civilizations in Egypt and the Euphrates-Tigris valley probably developed directly out of this widespread culture. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The sun had now got far to the west of south and stood directly in her face, like some merciless incendiary, brand in hand, waiting to consume her. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• His way lay directly in front of the cottage. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• It had to march a considerable distance directly under the eye of the enemy to reach its position. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I will see directly that everything is in train, Mr Boffin. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Directly I leave go of you, do your work. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• His expression was, 'a round score o' year ago, and a'most directly after I took up wi' Compeyson. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• It shall be here directly. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• In the single the object is viewed directly. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• That makes him a public offender directly, sir. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The man drew back directly. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The cool contempt of her manner irritated me into directly avowing that the purpose of my visit had not been answered yet. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Then, directly after: Tell papa to come; I get anxious. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• He then commenced ascending the mountain directly in his front. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I will write to my sister Gardiner about them directly. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I said (glancing at Joe, who stood looking on, motionless), that I supposed I could come directly. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Carthoris, Tars Tarkas, and Hor Vastus had gone directly to Thark upon another cruiser. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Beg my pardon, directly, says she, or I'll make it the worse for you. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• And please, sir, missis wants to know whether Mr. Bumble can spare time to step up there, directly, and flog him--'cause master's out. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• I want him directly. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• But in the vernacular, the mind proceeds directly from the symbol to the thing signified. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.

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