"dreckly" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: more dreckly [comparative], most dreckly [superlative]
Etymology: Local/dialectal phonetic spelling of direct + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|direct|ly}} direct + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} dreckly (comparative more dreckly, superlative most dreckly)
  1. (US) directly Tags: US
    Sense id: en-dreckly-en-adv-klEDbJMd Categories (other): American English
  2. (Cornwall, Devon, US) Soon; next; when it becomes convenient. Tags: Cornwall, Devon, US
    Sense id: en-dreckly-en-adv-7UZppBbA Categories (other): American English, Cornish English, Devonian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 62 1 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 28 50 3 20
  3. (Cornwall, Devon) tomorrow Tags: Cornwall, Devon
    Sense id: en-dreckly-en-adv-uv0VGob5 Categories (other): Cornish English, Devonian English
  4. (Cornwall, Devon, Humorous) No time soon. Tags: Cornwall, Devon
    Sense id: en-dreckly-en-adv-fG2K8EVl Categories (other): Cornish English, Devonian English

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