DIRECT in THE AWAKENING

She understood French imperfectly unless directly addressed, and the voices were only part of the other drowsy, muffled sounds lulling her senses.

He did not lead the way, however, he directed the way; and he himself loitered behind with the lovers, who had betrayed a disposition to linger and hold themselves apart.

She went directly to her room.

The door opened directly into the parlor; there was no side entry.

So it was he who in turn mounted the ladder, unhooking pictures and curtains, and dislodging ornaments as Edna directed.

He directed his carriage to meet him at Mrs. Pontellier’s, and he started to walk home with her.

If her talent had been ten-fold greater than it was, it would not have surprised him, convinced as he was that he had bequeathed to all of his daughters the germs of a masterful capability, which only depended upon their own efforts to be directed toward successful achievement.

"Something new, Edna?" exclaimed Miss Mayblunt, with lorgnette directed toward a magnificent cluster of diamonds that sparkled, that almost sputtered, in Edna’s hair, just over the center of her forehead.

There are no more uses of "direct" in the book.