dreckly

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adverb

directly

Scrabble 17

Meanings

adverbdreckly (comparative more dreckly, superlative most dreckly)

comparative more dreckly · superlative most dreckly

  1. CornwallDevonUSSoon; 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
    1 more example

    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
  2. CornwallDevontomorrow
  3. CornwallDevonHumorousNo time soon.

Origin

Local/dialectal phonetic spelling of direct + -ly.

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APA

dreckly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dreckly

MLA

“dreckly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dreckly. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dreckly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dreckly.

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