1. Without deviation
   "the path leads directly to the lake";
   - straight, direct
    
2. Without anyone or anything intervening
   "measured the physical properties directly"; "these two factors are directly related"; "he was directly responsible"
    
3. Without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
   "he answered directly";
   - immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight off, now, right away, at once, forthwith, like a shot [informal], right now, right off the bat [N. Amer, informal], instantaneously, outright, in a flash, tout de suite
    
4. In a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
   "he didn't answer directly";
   - flat, straight

See also: then and there

Antonym: indirectly