adverb
- in a way that is extremely serious, urgent, or threatening; desperately
Examples
- The region is direly in need of clean water and medical supplies.
- She spoke direly about the consequences of climate change.
- The company's finances are direly affected by the economic downturn.
- He warned that the situation would direly worsen without immediate action.
- The patient's condition is direly serious and requires urgent surgery.
- They are direly short of resources to complete the project on time.