adverb
dērēctē
dērēctē (comparative dērēctius, superlative dērēctissimē)
Classical[deːˈreːk.tɛ]Ecclesiastical[deˈrɛk.te]
Meaning
- straight, not curved
- moving straight forward, in straight line
- direct, absolute
In the readers how our graded readers gloss it
straight, vertically
dērēctē — in De Bello Gallico II
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
dērēctē adv. with comp.
derectus, directly, straight : dicere: derectius gubernare.