Talk:directly

Directly as in immediately

Apparently, this should be pronounced 'drecly'.zigzig20s 22:16, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

According to whom? --EncycloPetey 05:42, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

My phonetics book. Unfortunately I don't know which phonologist/phonetician from the bibliography to choose from, since it is not said in the book...For me this sounds terribly old-fashioned, if not victorian - but apparently that's how 'posh English' is supposed to be spoken. Shall we add it anyway? I think a thorough dictionary should have it. zigzig20s 08:49, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Well, we can't cite "my phonetics book", nor have I ever heard it pronounced this way. Without some sort of backing, I see no reason to perpetuate an unsubstantiated claim. Wiktionary is not prescriptive; it is descriptive. --EncycloPetey 03:53, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

LOL. Tell you what, I'll either try to e-mail the guy who wrote the book or ask my lecturer (after the exams, in case she gets mad).zigzig20s 06:10, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

@EncycloPetey, zigzig20s: Longman Pronunciation Dictionary reads

In the senses ‘immediately, as soon as’ there is also a casual form ˈdrEk.li, becoming old-fashioned 

--Backinstadiums (talk) 11:40, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

(regional) soon

At once (formal)  I'll deal with it directly.
(Regional) in a short while Please take a seat, and I'll be with you directly. --Backinstadiums (talk) 11:38, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

Examples from dictionaries are secondary sources. Finding published uses in novels, short stories, or periodicals are superior as references for a definition. This is way we have the Citations namespace. --EncycloPetey (talk) 16:53, 4 May 2020 (UTC)