All 50 Uses of
direct
in
Anna Karenina
- It was her solitary refuge from the household cares which crowded upon her directly she went out from it.†
Part 1 (definition 4)
- Very well, I will come directly and see about it.†
Part 1 (definition 4)
- Someone, your excellency, crept in without permission directly my back was turned.†
Part 1 (definition 4)
- In her family's eyes he had no ordinary, definite career and position in society, while his contemporaries by this time, when he was thirty-two, were already, one a colonel, and another a professor, another director of a bank and railways, or president of a board like Oblonsky.†
Part 1 (definition 1)
- "No," he said; "I would point out the fact that if, as Pripasov directly asserts, perception is based on sensation, then we are bound to distinguish sharply between these two conceptions."†
Part 1 (definition 4)
- "I'll put them on directly," he said.†
Part 1 (definition 4)
- If you prefer it, your excellency, a private room will be free directly; Prince Golistin with a lady.†
Part 1 (definition 4)
- "Give us another bottle," Stepan Arkadyevitch directed the Tatar, who was filling up their glasses and fidgeting round them just when he was not wanted.†
Part 1
- But, on the other hand, directly she thought of the future with Vronsky, there arose before her a perspective of brilliant happiness; with Levin the future seemed misty.†
Part 1 (definition 4)
- Mamma will be down directly.
Part 1 (definition 2)directly = in a short time
- Vronsky stood still and asked directly: "How so?"
Part 1 (definition 3) *directly = in a straightforward manner
- "I'll be back directly, maman," he remarked, turning round in the doorway.
Part 1 (definition 2)directly = in a short time
- And directly she had said this, her face suddenly softened.†
Part 1 (definition 4)
- She had scarcely entered the ballroom and reached the throng of ladies, all tulle, ribbons, lace, and flowers, waiting to be asked to dance—Kitty was never one of that throng—when she was asked for a waltz, and asked by the best partner, the first star in the hierarchy of the ballroom, a renowned director of dances, a married man, handsome and well-built, Yegorushka Korsunsky.†
Part 1 (definition 1)
- He had only just left the Countess Bonina, with whom he had danced the first half of the waltz, and, scanning his kingdom—that is to say, a few couples who had started dancing—he caught sight of Kitty, entering, and flew up to her with that peculiar, easy amble which is confined to directors of balls.†
Part 1 (definition 1)
- Kitty danced in the first couple, and luckily for her she had not to talk, because Korsunsky was all the time running about directing the figure.†
Part 1
- "Oh, they feel it directly?" said Dolly.†
Part 1 (definition 4)
- Precisely at five o'clock, before the bronze Peter the First clock had struck the fifth stroke, Alexey Alexandrovitch came in, wearing a white tie and evening coat with two stars, as he had to go out directly after dinner.
Part 1 (definition 2)directly = immediately
- Before, when I was told to consider him clever, I kept looking for his ability, and thought myself a fool for not seeing it; but directly I said, he's a fool, though only in a whisper, everything's explained, isn't it?"†
Part 2 (definition 4)
- Moreover, it was apparent also that the harrows and all the agricultural implements, which he had directed to be looked over and repaired in the winter, for which very purpose he had hired three carpenters, had not been put into repair, and the harrows were being repaired when they ought to have been harrowing the field.†
Part 2
- I'll come along directly.†
Part 2 (definition 4)
- Directly Vronsky went towards her, she drew in a deep breath, and, turning back her prominent eye till the white looked bloodshot, she started at the approaching figures from the opposite side, shaking her muzzle, and shifting lightly from one leg to the other.†
Part 2 (definition 4)
- He thought of nothing but that he would see her directly, not in imagination, but living, all of her, as she was in reality.†
Part 2 (definition 4)
- But, directly he would have made a step to come nearer to her, she was aware of his presence, pushed away the watering pot, and turned her flushed face towards him.†
Part 2 (definition 4)
- It was as though there were something in this which she could not or would not face, as though directly she began to speak of this, she, the real Anna, retreated somehow into herself, and another strange and unaccountable woman came out, whom he did not love, and whom he feared, and who was in opposition to him.†
Part 2 (definition 4)
- At the time when the racers had to go to the pavilion to receive the prizes, and all attention was directed to that point, Vronsky's elder brother, Alexander, a colonel with heavy fringed epaulets, came up to him.
Part 2 (definition 4)directed = focused
- There are matters which only concern those directly interested in them, and the matter you are so worried about is….†
Part 2 (definition 4)
- Directly after the doctor, who had taken up so much time, came the celebrated traveler, and Alexey Alexandrovitch, by means of the pamphlet he had only just finished reading and his previous acquaintance with the subject, impressed the traveler by the depth of his knowledge of the subject and the breadth and enlightenment of his view of it.
Part 2 (definition 2)directly = immediately
- He heard only her words and gave them only the direct sense they bore.†
Part 2 *
- Alexey Alexandrovitch paused while there was talking about him, but he began again directly.
Part 2 (definition 2)directly = in a short time
- Yes, she will tell me directly what she told me before; that there is no foundation for my suspicions, that it's absurd."†
Part 2 (definition 4)
- Varenka seemed quite unaffected by there being persons present she did not know, and she went directly to the piano.
Part 2 (definition 2)directly = straight (without delay or interruption)
- "He's so much to be pitied!" she said to herself directly after.
Part 2 (definition 2)directly = immediately
- _' Directly they say '_Durchlaucht_,' I can't hold out.†
Part 2 (definition 4)
- "I'll be back directly," and she ran back.
Part 2 (definition 2)directly = in a short time
- And so in spite of the friendliness and directness of their relations, Konstantin felt an awkwardness in leaving him alone.†
Part 3 (definition 3)
- "Yes, go along, go along, and I'll come to you directly," said Sergey Ivanovitch, shaking his head as he looked at his brother.†
Part 3 (definition 4)
- I'll come directly.
Part 3 (definition 2)directly = immediately
- The haystacks could not possibly contain fifty wagon-loads each, and to convict the peasants Levin ordered the wagons that had carried the hay to be brought up directly, to lift one stack, and carry it into the barn.†
Part 3 (definition 4)
- Ivan directed her how to fasten the cord to the cross-piece, and at something she said he laughed aloud.†
Part 3
- The mere notion of this so exasperated Alexey Alexandrovitch, that directly it rose to his mind he groaned with inward agony, and got up and changed his place in the carriage, and for a long while after, he sat with scowling brows, wrapping his numbed and bony legs in the fleecy rug.†
Part 3 (definition 4)
- Going into the porter's room, Alexey Alexandrovitch glanced at the letters and papers brought from his office, and directed that they should be brought to him in his study.†
Part 3
- Directly the servant had set the tea and left the room, Alexey Alexandrovitch got up and went to the writing-table.
Part 3 (definition 2)directly = in a short time; or as soon as
- The complication was of this nature: Alexey Alexandrovitch's characteristic quality as a politician, that special individual qualification that every rising functionary possesses, the qualification that with his unflagging ambition, his reserve, his honesty, and with his self-confidence had made his career, was his contempt for red tape, his cutting down of correspondence, his direct contact, wherever possible, with the living fact, and his economy.
Part 3 (definition 5)direct = personal, or with nothing in between
- …of view; thirdly, that evidence should be required from the rival department of the measures that had been taken during the last ten years by that department for averting the disastrous conditions in which the native tribes were now placed; and fourthly and finally, that that department explain why it had, as appeared from the evidence before the committee, from No. 17,015 and 18,038, from December 5, 1863, and June 7, 1864, acted in direct contravention of the intent of the law T….†
Part 3
- Directly she thought of what her husband would do, the most terrible ideas came to her mind.†
Part 3 (definition 4)
- A footman brought in a thick packet directed in Alexey Alexandrovitch's hand.†
Part 3
- "We're coming directly!"†
Part 3 (definition 4)
- "Directly, directly!" he cried to a footman who came in.†
Part 3 (definition 4)
- "Directly, directly!" he cried to a footman who came in.†
Part 3 (definition 4)
Definitions:
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(1) (direct as in: directed the movie) supervise, control, or to be in charge of
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(2) (direct as in: depart directly) without delay, or in the quickest manner, or without going somewhere else firsteditor's notes: You may see the term direct flight used in a technical manner that is not as quick as a non-stop flight. In technical usage, a direct flight from Los Angeles to New York could stop at a city on the way, but you would not get off the plane during the stop.
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(3) (direct as in: was direct in my instructions) straightforward (uncomplicated or simple -- perhaps also indicating openness and honesty, or little concern for others' feelings)
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(4) (direct as in: directed her question to) to indicate direction; or to cause movement or focus in a direction or towards an objectThe exact meaning of this sense of direct is subject to its context. For example:
- "intentionally directed fire at unarmed civilians" -- aimed a gun
- "directed the question to her" -- aimed a question
- "directed her north" -- pointed in a particular direction
- "directed attention to the 3rd paragraph" -- focused attention on a particular object
- "The sound of her voice directed him to the kitchen." -- guided or gave directions to someone to help them move to a particular place
- "She directed him to the airport." -- gave directions to send someone to a particular place
- "She directed the boat north." -- steered it
- "directed the letter to" -- send a letter to a particular person by putting a name and address on it
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(5) (direct as in: directly above; or buy direct from) straight (exactly where stated); or without involvement of anything in betweenThe exact meaning of this sense of direct is subject to its context. For example:
- "The road runs directly to Las Vegas." -- straight (without varying from a straight line)
- "It was a direct hit." -- exact
- "The plant is in direct sunlight." -- unobstructed (without anything in between)
- "She wants a direct meeting with him." -- personal (without other people in between)
- "She paid direct attention to what he was reading." -- close
- "a direct gaze" -- straight, steady, or focused--not a brief glance taken while generally looking at other things; not a sideways look
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(direct as in: directed the jury to...) give instructions or commands