Directly and Rather

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Directly

Directly adverb - In a direct line or course.
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Rather and directly are semantically related in soon topic. In some cases you can use "Rather" instead an adverb "Directly", when it comes to topics like shortly.
Nearby Words: direct, direction, directed, directness

Rather

Rather adverb - By choice or preference.
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Directly and rather are semantically related in soon topic. Sometimes you can use "Directly" instead an adverb "Rather", if it concerns topics such as shortly.

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  • He does help Jethro fight off bandits soon after, but while liberating the Hebrews he prefers to stick to his magic rather than get involved directly in combat.
    Source: Literature / Moses, Man of the Mountain
  • Forged by the Gods The Eldar legends about the War in Heaven tend to be rather metaphorical and not directly based on the actual events (the war itself is an actual historical event though).
    Source: Forged by the Gods
  • Word of God is also that they got a new producer who didn't really know how to do the Holly scenes (pointing a camera at Hol's screen, rather than feeding the Holly image in directly.)
    Source: Replacement Scrappy / Live-Action TV
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