All 5 Uses of
direct
in
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
- Then I had them loaded on to trucks and sent directly to my own factory.
Chpt 6 (definition 1) *directly = straight (without delay or interruption)
- 'Imported direct from Loompaland,' said Mr Wonka proudly.
Chpt 16 (definition 2) *direct = straight (without going anywhere else first)
- Because that pipe doesn't go anywhere near it! That pipe — the one Augustus went up — happens to lead directly to the room where I make a most delicious kind of strawberry-flavoured chocolate-coated fudge ….
Chpt 17 (definition 1)
- 'That particular chute,' Mr Wonka told her, 'runs directly into the great big main rubbish pipe which carries away all the rubbish from every part of the factory — all the floor sweepings and potato peelings and rotten cabbages and fish heads and stuff like that.'
Chpt 24 (definition 1)
- The lift rushed on, going up and up and up, faster and faster and faster …. Then suddenly, CRASH! — and the most tremendous noise of splintering wood and broken tiles came from directly above their heads,
Chpt 28 (definition 2)directly = straight (exactly where stated)
Definitions:
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(1) (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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(2) (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