All 50 Uses of

direct
in
The Brothers Karamazov

Writing to Fyodor Pavlovitch, and discerning at once that he could extract nothing from him for his children's education (though the latter never directly refused but only procrastinated as he always did in such cases, and was, indeed, at times effusively sentimental), Yefim Petrovitch took a personal interest in the orphans.
Chpt 1

directly = in a straightforward manner

What would become of him if the Church punished him with her excommunication as the direct consequence of the secular law?
Chpt 2 *

direct = straightforward (uncomplicated)

Father Paissy asked directly, without beating about the bush.
Chpt 2

directly = in a straightforward manner

I'll be back directly, but I have a great, great sorrow!
Chpt 4

directly = in a short time

"I'll be back directly, I have forgotten my purse."
Chpt 6

"Misha," he turned to the boy as he came in, "look here, run to Plotnikov's and tell them that Dmitri Fyodorovitch sends his greetings, and will be there directly…."
Chpt 8 *

directly = immediately

Misha ran in, post-haste, with a handful of notes in change, and reported that every one was in a bustle at the Plotnikovs'; "They're carrying down the bottles, and the fish, and the tea; it will all be ready directly."
Chpt 8

directly = in a short time

They'll give us a bottle here directly.
Chpt 8

directly = immediately; or in a short time

They'll get the horses out directly, and then—good-by, panie!
Chpt 8

directly = immediately

We'll finish this off directly, finish it off gayly.
Chpt 9

My foot began to swell directly after he pressed my hand like that.
Chpt 11

He'll be here directly.
Chpt 11

directly = immediately; or in a short time

Why, after your parent's death there was at least forty thousand to come to each of you, and very likely more, but if Fyodor Pavlovitch got married then to that lady, Agrafena Alexandrovna, she would have had all his capital made over to her directly after the wedding, for she's plenty of sense, so that your parent would not have left you two roubles between the three of you.
Chpt 11

directly = immediately

Because he was not an habitual thief and had never directly stolen anything before, for he is a gentleman born, and if he did bring himself to steal, it would not be regular stealing, but simply taking what was his own, for he'd told the whole town he meant to before, and had even bragged aloud before every one that he'd go and take his property from Fyodor Pavlovitch.
Chpt 11

directly = in a straightforward manner

When he was asked to explain how it was apparent now at this moment, the old doctor, with simple-hearted directness, pointed out that the prisoner on entering the court had "an extraordinary air, remarkable in the circumstances"; that he had "marched in like a soldier, looking straight before him, though it would have been more natural for him to look to the left where, among the public, the ladies were sitting, seeing that he was a great admirer of the fair sex and must be thinking much of what the ladies are saying of him now," the old man concluded in his peculiar language.†
Chpt 12

directness = the quality or degree of being straightforward or clear (sometimes indicating that truth is not worded carefully to spare feelings or gain advantage)

I remember that the letter was read aloud by the clerk, directly afterwards, I believe.
Chpt 12

directly = immediately

"I'll go and tell him you will come directly."
Chpt Epil.

He made the latter's acquaintance for the first time, and told him directly that he wished to undertake the child's education.†
Chpt 1

Fyodor Pavlovitch was all his life fond of acting, of suddenly playing an unexpected part, sometimes without any motive for doing so, and even to his own direct disadvantage, as, for instance, in the present case.†
Chpt 1

So that the gift of making himself loved directly and unconsciously was inherent in him, in his very nature, so to speak.†
Chpt 1

Fyodor Pavlovitch seems to have been the first to suggest, apparently in joke, that they should all meet in Father Zossima's cell, and that, without appealing to his direct intervention, they might more decently come to an understanding under the conciliating influence of the elder's presence.†
Chpt 1

I maintain, on the contrary, that the Church ought to include the whole State, and not simply to occupy a corner in it, and, if this is, for some reason, impossible at present, then it ought, in reality, to be set up as the direct and chief aim of the future development of Christian society!†
Chpt 2

But as soon as the author ventures to declare that the foundations which he predicates now, part of which Father Iosif just enumerated, are the permanent, essential, and eternal foundations, he is going directly against the Church and its sacred and eternal vocation.†
Chpt 2

"I ...I've not exactly thought it," muttered Alyosha, "but directly you began speaking so strangely, I fancied I had thought of it myself."†
Chpt 2

Are you a human being?" he said, addressing the boy directly.†
Chpt 3

You believe it's miraculous, but here, I'll spit on it directly and nothing will happen to me for it!'†
Chpt 3

This time her face was beaming with spontaneous good-natured kindliness, and direct warm-hearted sincerity.†
Chpt 3

I want you to tell me most directly, plainly, coarsely even (oh, as coarsely as you like!)†
Chpt 3

The monk from Obdorsk, having been directed to the apiary by the beekeeper, who was also a very silent and surly monk, went to the corner where Father Ferapont's cell stood.†
Chpt 4 *

But I knew you'd come poking in directly.†
Chpt 4

It must be changed directly, for it will get warm in a minute.†
Chpt 4

Our historical pastime is the direct satisfaction of inflicting pain.†
Chpt 5

With my pitiful, earthly, Euclidian understanding, all I know is that there is suffering and that there are none guilty; that cause follows effect, simply and directly; that everything flows and finds its level—but that's only Euclidian nonsense, I know that, and I can't consent to live by it!†
Chpt 5

What comfort is it to me that there are none guilty and that cause follows effect simply and directly, and that I know it?†
Chpt 5

Smerdyakov was always inquiring, putting certain indirect but obviously premeditated questions, but what his object was he did not explain, and usually at the most important moment he would break off and relapse into silence or pass to another subject.†
Chpt 5

indirect = not straightforward

standard prefix: The prefix "in-" in indirect means not and reverses the meaning of direct. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.

Here Fyodor Pavlovitch will get up directly and begin worrying me every minute, 'Has she come?†
Chpt 5

Meeting Fyodor Pavlovitch in the drawing-room directly he went in, he shouted to him, waving his hands, "I am going upstairs to my room, not in to you.†
Chpt 5

Perhaps he liked my not showing curiosity about his secret, not seeking to discover it by direct question nor by insinuation.†
Chpt 6

Sometimes he would fix a long piercing look upon me, and I thought, "He will say something directly now."†
Chpt 6

Everything was simple and good-natured, her gestures were rapid, direct, confiding, but she was greatly excited.†
Chpt 7

I would, I would, I could do it directly, only don't exasperate me ...and I'll send him about his business, I'll snap my fingers in his face, he shall never see me again!†
Chpt 7

All this may have arisen indirectly and unconsciously from the secret stings of his conscience for the money of Katerina Ivanovna that he had dishonestly appropriated.†
Chpt 8

indirectly = not in a straightforward manner (complicated, incidental, or unintentional)

standard prefix: The prefix "in-" in indirectly means not and reverses the meaning of directly. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.

"I've been a scoundrel to one of them, and I shall be a scoundrel again to the other directly," was his feeling then, as he explained after: "and when Grushenka knows, she won't care for such a scoundrel."†
Chpt 8

There was no need to go there ...not the slightest need ...he must raise no alarm ... they would run and tell directly....Marya Kondratyevna was clearly in the plot, Smerdyakov too, he too, all had been bought over!†
Chpt 8

I'll open it directly.†
Chpt 8

Dmitri Fyodorovitch, darling, I'll tell you everything directly, I won't hide anything," gabbled Fenya, frightened to death; "she's gone to Mokroe, to her officer."†
Chpt 8

I'm ready to bless God and His creation directly, but ...I must kill one noxious insect for fear it should crawl and spoil life for others....Let us drink to life, dear brother.†
Chpt 8

The most direct and the easiest thing for him to do would have been to go straight to Fyodor Pavlovitch's, to find out whether anything had happened there, and if so, what; and only to go to the police captain, as Pyotr Ilyitch firmly intended doing, when he had satisfied himself of the fact.†
Chpt 9

She arrived only five minutes before Pyotr Ilyitch, so that his story came, not as his own surmise and theory, but as the direct confirmation, by a witness, of the theory held by all, as to the identity of the criminal (a theory he had in the bottom of his heart refused to believe till that moment).†
Chpt 9

Oh, gentlemen, I feel like a new man, and don't be offended at my addressing you so simply and directly.†
Chpt 9

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Definitions:

(1) (direct as in: directly above; or buy direct)
without anything in between -- whether in time, space, or involvement
(2) (direct as in: gave a direct answer)
straightforward -- often clear, open, or blunt in speech or behavior
(3) (direct as in: direct a question; or direct a film)
to guide, aim, or manage -- such as actions, attention, speech, a project or company
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
meaning too rare to warrant focus:

Direct can take on many specialized meanings not included in this dictionary.
As an adjective or adverb, direct usually means there is a clear or straight connection with nothing in the way. It can also mean easy to understand, without confusion. For example:
- Direct action – taking quick and clear steps to make something happen
- Direct descendant – someone who comes straight from an ancestor, like a grandchild
- Direct line (in genealogy) – a family connection that goes straight from one generation to the next
- Direct deposit – money that is sent straight into a bank account
- Direct object – in a sentence, the person or thing that receives the action of the verb
- Direct kick – in sports, a kick where the ball can go straight into the goal without touching another player
- Direct cost – a cost that comes straight from making a product or providing a service
- Direct investment – putting money directly into a company or project
- Direct elections – when people vote for leaders without going through an extra step
- Direct current (DC) – a type of electric flow that moves in only one direction
As a verb, most all of the senses of direct involve giving orders or aiming.

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direct
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The Brothers Karamazov