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[ adverb ] without deviation
Examples "the path leads directly to the lake" "went direct to the office" Used in print (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)Says Wallace_F._Jannsen , director of the FDA 's Division_of_Public_Information : `` Quacks are apt to direct their appeal directly to older people , or to sufferers from chronic ailments such_as arthritis , rheumatism , diabetes , and cancer . (James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)The **f layers are stacked normal to the [ 111 ] axis with the lower oxygens of one layer directly above the upper oxygens of the neighboring lower layer , in such a manner that the repeat is every three layers . (J. F. Vedder, "Micrometeorites", in Francis S. J...)Even in the neighborhood of the Earth , where information has been obtained both directly and indirectly , the derived flux values vary by at_least four orders_of_magnitude . There is a difference in the experimental arrangement , in_that the U.S. microphones are attached directly to the vehicle skin while the Russian instruments are isolated from the skin . (Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)The pulmonary_artery , in_addition to supplying the distal portion of the respiratory bronchiole , the alveolar duct , and the alveoli , continues on and directly supplies the thin pleura ( fig. 8 ) . |
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[ adverb ] without anyone or anything intervening
Examples "these two factors are directly related" "he was directly responsible" "measured the physical properties directly" Used in print (Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)In_addition , our way of dealing directly with natural_phenomena has also changed . (Francis J. Johnston and John E. Willard, "The...)The last column shows the rate of exchange that would have been observed at a relative intensity of 4 ( 14.7 cm. distance ) calculated on the assumptions that the incident light intensity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance of the lamp from the cell and that the rate is directly proportional to the incident light intensity . |
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[ adverb ] without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
Examples "he answered immediately" "found an answer straightaway" "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith" "Come here now!" Related terms |
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[ adverb ] without delay; with no time intervening
Examples "he answered immediately" "found an answer straightaway" "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith" "Come here now!" Used in print (James Bryant Conant, Slums and Suburbs...)In these cases a graduate may enter directly into an apprentice program , saving a year because of his vocational courses in grades 11 and 12 . Related terms |
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[ adverb ] in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
Examples "he didn't answer directly" "told me straight out" "came out flat for less work and more pay" Used in print (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)In such a world the words `` matter '' and `` spirit '' both referred to directly known realities in the common experience of all . (High Fidelity, 11:10...)Steinberg seems to have gone directly back to the score , discounting tradition , and has built his performance on the intention to reproduce as faithfully as possible exactly what Brahms set_down on_paper . (Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)These problems frequently arise where a firm is making items for the Government not directly along the lines of its normal civilian business or where the Government specifications require operations that the firm did not understand when it undertook the contract . Related terms |
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