All 9 Uses of
direct
in
Silas Marner
- To the peasants of old times, the world outside their own direct experience was a region of vagueness and mystery:
Chpt 1.1 (definition 1) *direct = personal (first-hand)
- I must have the money directly.
Chpt 1.3 (definition 2) *directly = immediately
- In his truthful simple soul, not even the growing greed and worship of gold could beget any vice directly injurious to others.
Chpt 1.5 (definition 2)directly = immediately (in a straightforward manner)
- The landlord forced Marner to take off his coat, and then to sit down on a chair aloof from every one else, in the centre of the circle and in the direct rays of the fire.
Chpt 1.7 (definition 1)direct = unobstructed (with nothing in between)
- He felt that in letting Dunstan have the money, he had already been guilty of a breach of trust hardly less culpable than that of spending the money directly for his own behoof; and yet there was a distinction between the two acts which made him feel that the one was so much more blackening than the other as to be intolerable to him.
Chpt 1.8 (definition 1)directly = personally (without anyone in between)
- Silas had never before been closely urged on the point of his absence from church, which had only been thought of as a part of his general queerness; and he was too direct and simple to evade Dolly's appeal.
Chpt 1.10 (definition 3) *direct = straightforward (open and honest)
- Mrs. Kimble was the Squire's sister, as well as the doctor's wife—a double dignity, with which her diameter was in direct proportion; so that, a journey up-stairs being rather fatiguing to her, she did not oppose Miss Nancy's request to be allowed to find her way alone to the Blue Room, where the Miss Lammeters' bandboxes had been deposited on their arrival in the morning.
Chpt 1.11 (definition 1)direct = exact
- "You know that isn't true. You know one dance with you matters more to
me than all the other pleasures in the world." It was a long, long while since Godfrey had said anything so direct as that, and Nancy was startled.
Chpt 1.11 (definition 3)direct = straightforward (open and honest even if it makes someone uncomfortable)
- "Your coming now and saying "I'm her father" doesn't alter the feelings
inside us. It's me she's been calling her father ever since she could
say the word."
"But I think you might look at the thing more reasonably, Marner," said Godfrey, unexpectedly awed by the weaver's direct truth-speaking.
Chpt 2.19 (definition 3)
Definitions:
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(1) (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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(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)