Directly and Overtly

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Directly adverb - In a direct line or course.

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Overtly and directly are semantically related. in honestly topic. In some cases you can use "Overtly" instead an adverb "Directly".

Nearby Words: direct, direction, directed, directness

Overtly adverb - In an overt manner.

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Directly and overtly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Directly" instead an adverb "Overtly".

Nearby Word: overt

Damien is a debatable example as he never does anything overtly evil in the first film directly and it's left ambiguous of how aware he is of what he is.

Source: Film / The Omen
Not so much gods as Sufficiently Advanced Aliens, the Ellimist and Crayak in Animorphs can not directly (or at least, overtly) interfere with other species under normal circumstances, generally guiding their allies or followers instead.

Source: God's Hands Are Tied
In World of Warcraft, many quests that directly involve the Lich King will have him letting you walk out alive for seemingly no reason; in one such quest exclusive to Alliance characters, he will even overtly say It Is Not Your Time.

Source: Can't Kill You, Still Need You

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