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dreckly en · ADV

Etymology

Local/dialectal phonetic spelling of direct + -ly.

Meanings

1. (US) directly
2. (Cornwall, Devon, US) Soon; next; when it becomes convenient.
   • "You know, pretty quick, soon — dreckly!" She said in frustration 1999, 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, qualifier:Humorous) No time soon.

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