A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1573-1597
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
Directlie, adv. Also: derectlie; direc-, direk-, derecklie. [ME. directly (c 1400), f. direct adj.] In a direct line or way. 1573 Satirical Poems xxxix. 101.
The bumbard stanis derectlie fell sa euin 1580 Fam. Innes 138.
[Not to] hurt … the said Robert Ines … in his lyffe, leiving, or heretage, derecklie nor indirecklie 1580 Cath. Tr. 70/11.
Exhortand thé … to caus thame answer direklie to the demandes 1597 Misc. Spald. C. I. 107.
Quhais hous wes directlie afornent the said Helen house
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Directlie adv.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 13 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/directlie>
