直ぐ: immediately, right away, soon / 直ぐ: quick to / 直ぐ: right next to, right close by

(obsolete) 過ぐ: classical form of modern 過ぎる (sugiru, “to go through, to go past; to exceed”)

(obsolete) 挿ぐ: classical form of modern 挿げる (sugeru, “to connect or affix one thing to another, especially by passing something through something else”)

直ぐに: immediately

Alternative spelling of 薄絹 (“sheer silk”)

a surname

merely; no more than

negative of 過ぎる (sugiru) [ichidan]

habit; tendency / unusual trait; peculiarity

そのくせ: nonetheless, and yet