Directly and Suddenly

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Directly adverb - Without delay.

Usage example: in case of a medical emergency, do not try to contact your doctor but instead go directly to the hospital

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Suddenly and directly are semantically related In some cases you can use "Suddenly" instead an adverb "Directly".

Nearby Words: direct, direction, directed, directness

Suddenly adverb - With great suddenness.

Usage example: the bus stopped suddenly, and somebody's lunch landed in the aisle

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Directly and suddenly are semantically related in property topic. Sometimes you can use "Directly" instead an adverb "Suddenly".

Nearby Words: sudden, suddenness

Their captors suddenly decide against taking them to Ministery as they were supposed to do, and they cannot summon Voldemort directly, so they take them to the Malfoy Manor instead.

Source: Contrived Coincidence
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: The emperor doesn't say it directly, but you know nothing good is going to happen when the doctor is suddenly sent away.

Source: Film / Curse of the Golden Flower
Gory Discretion Shot: When Blackwood makes his short drop for real at the end, we are indicated that he's dead not by seeing him hit the sudden stop directly, but by seeing the chain that ended up around his neck going suddenly taut.

Source: Film / Sherlock Holmes

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