KJV dictionary & concordance
In a straight direction; immediately before, toward, or opposite the object named.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Numbers 19:4
Complete exact-word concordance
And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times:
And Eleazar the Priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinckle of her blood directly before the Tabernacle of the Congregation seuen times.
1611 marginal noteHeb. 9.13.
And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them.
And according to the doores of the chambers that were toward the South, was a doore in the head of the way, euen the way directly before y e wall toward the East, as one entreth into them.
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Historical English dictionary sources
1. In a straight lin or course; rectilineally; not in a winding course. Aim directly to the object. Gravity tends directly to the center of the earth. 2. Immediately; soon; without delay; as, he will be with us directly 3. Openly; expressly, without circumlocution or ambiguity, or without a train or inferences. No man hath been so impious, as directly to condemn prayer.
