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directly (adv.)
1510s, "in a straight line," from
direct
(adj.) +
-ly
(2). Figurative use is slightly earlier (c. 1500). Meaning "at once, immediately in time" (c. 1600) is from earlier sense of "without intermediate steps" (1520s).
