By now and Directly

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Directly and by now are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Directly" instead an adverb phrase "By now".

Directly adverb - In a direct line or course.

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By now and directly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "By now" instead an adverb "Directly".

Nearby Words: direct, direction, directed, directness

ANT Farm comes via the Disney Channel — if you haven't noticed by now, Disney and Nick tend to be cases of directly dueling networks.

Source: Dueling Works / Live-Action TV
If the government is directly involved in the creation of superheroes, they are likely to have moved on to mass-producing Super Soldiers by now.

Source: Superhero Prevalence Stages
However, you warped directly there without passing GO (or collecting 200 Every Flavour Beans, but anyways) which meant that other events in the game that should have been seen by now weren't, and when you go to where those events took place, you'd see those events - except out of order.

Source: Good Bad Bugs / Action-Adventure

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