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dreckly

dreckly adverb: directly.

Adverb

dreckly (comparative more dreckly, superlative most dreckly)

  1. (US) directly
  2. (Cornwall, Devon, US) Soon; next; when it becomes convenient.
    • "You know, pretty quick, soon — dreckly!" She said in frustration1999, Janice Tate, Ken Tate, Good Old Days Remembers the Little Country Schoolhouse, page 45
    • I'll be over there dreckly ' '; which could mean in the next hour or two , or "I'll be down in a bit". It's a real Cornish thing.2006, Simon Elmes, Talking for Britain: A Journey Through the Voices of a Nation, page 13
  3. (Cornwall, Devon) tomorrow
  4. (Cornwall, Devon, Humorous) No time soon.

Forms of dreckly

comparativemore dreckly
superlativemost dreckly

Origin of dreckly

Local/dialectal phonetic spelling of direct + -ly.

Questions about dreckly

What does dreckly mean?
Dreckly means directly.
What part of speech is dreckly?
Dreckly is an adverb.

Words near dreckly in the dictionary

  1. dreckiest
  2. dreckiness
  3. dreckish
  4. dreckitude
  5. dreckley
  6. dreckly
  7. dreckness
  8. drecky
  9. dredgable
  10. dredge
  11. dredge up

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