Grammatical class
Adverb
directement
directly
Details
Syllables
di-rec-te-ment
Phonetics
di.ʁɛk.tə.mɑ̃
Grammatical class
Adverb
Freq. (books)
1338
Freq. (movies)
1717
Freq. (news)
1264
Sentences
J'allai directement au lit.
I went straight to bed.
David est directement entré.
David went right in.
Elle alla directement au lit.
She went straight to bed.
Ceci concerne directement Tom.
This directly concerns Tom.
Il vous contactera directement.
He will be contacting you directly.
Je lui en parlerai directement.
I will speak to her about it directly.
Ils allèrent directement au lit.
They went straight to bed.
Les enfants ont été priés de rentrer directement chez eux.
The children were asked to head straight home.
Vu que je l'avais déjà rencontré, je l'ai reconnu directement.
Since I had met him once before, I recognized him right away.
Il a glissé du toit directement dans l'abreuvoir et s'est noyé.
He slipped from the roof directly into the trough and drowned.
Elle me sera directement rattachée.
She will report directly to me.
Je pourrais lui demander directement.
I could ask her directly.