With prepositions: in a straight or direct course leading fully up to a place, person, or thing; all the way (to, into, round, through, etc.)…
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释义 | the world > space > direction > [adverb] > straight or due (30) rightOE With prepositions: in a straight or direct course leading fully up to a place, person, or thing; all the way (to, into, round, through, etc.)… rightlyOE Directly; in a straight line. Also: immediately, straightaway. Obsolete. evenc1300 Qualifying an expression of direction or location: due (east, etc.). Also: directly (opposite, etc.). Obsolete (Scottish in later use). plata1450 Of direction: directly, due, straight. Now rare. plain1509 Immediately, straightaway; directly, due. Obsolete. straight1512 In a straight course or line. With reference to position. Directly (opposite), due (east, etc.). Obsolete. directly1513 In a straight line of motion; with undeviating course; straight. fulla1529 Of position or direction: directly, exactly, straight. With prepositional phrases of position or direction. Cf. plumb, adv. 1. flat1531 Directly, exactly. With respect to the quarter of the heavens: Due. flat against: literal and figurative directly contrary to. Cf. dead, adv. 3. due?1574 Originally Nautical. With reference to a bearing or direction, esp. a point of the compass: properly, exactly; straight; directly. dead1800 Directly, straight. dead against: literal in a direction exactly opposite to one's course (so dead on end); figurative (in a way) directly or… slap1829 Directly; straight. plunk1866 colloquial (originally Scottish). Directly, exactly; squarely. Also: with a plunking sound. squarely1883 In a position directly square with, or opposite to, some line or object; in a straight or direct manner. Subcategories:— straight or in a straight line (12) — with direct aim (3) — with reference to points of the compass (1) |
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