All 18 Uses
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Airborn, by Oppel
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- The main kitchen was on A-Deck, and the bakery directly below it on B-Deck.†
Chpt 2.directly = close, or in a straight line
- The ornithopter pilot would have to make his approach directly beneath the airship's belly, cut speed so that he was almost in a stall, and hook his overhead landing gear over the docking trapeze at just the right moment.†
Chpt 2.
- It runs directly overhead the keel catwalk, right through the ship's center, from her nose all the way back to her tail.†
Chpt 3.
- She's directly overhead now, sir, matching us.†
Chpt 6.
- You wouldn't be disobeying a direct order.†
Chpt 10. *direct = clear, straightforward, or to the point
- Directly overhead I could see a patch of clear sky.†
Chpt 11.directly = close, or in a straight line
- Getting off quietly would be next to impossible, especially with Szpirglas directly underfoot.†
Chpt 17.
- We stayed buried in the trees off her starboard side and worked our way back until we were directly across from her fins.†
Chpt 18. *
- I didn't know if Szpirglas saw the cloud cat behind me, for it was hunkered down flush against the ship's skin, and my body was directly in line with it.†
Chpt 20.directly = straight (exactly where stated; used for emphasis)
- The gondola was directly opposite us, a good fifty feet distant, I'd say.†
Chpt 1.
- I asked, making sure to direct the question to Kate de Vries.†
Chpt 2.
- On other trips we sometimes made stops, but this was a direct passage, so everyone had to content themselves with peering down at the lush foliage and hearing the shriek of macaws and spider monkeys and toucans and cockatoos; the heady scent of the islands' flowers reached us even at a hundred feet.†
Chpt 5.
- I'll send it directly to Sir Hugh Snufflynose at the Zoological Society.†
Chpt 5.
- The end of the pipeline fed directly into the forward gas shaft in the Aurora's bow.†
Chpt 13.
- I knew I'd promised to keep it secret, but my captain had asked me a direct question, and I would not go against him any longer.†
Chpt 13.
- The cloud cat pounced onto a branch directly over Bruce and then sprang down at him.†
Chpt 15.
- I was now directly over A-Deck.†
Chpt 18.
- It was dark, but there was a tungsten lamp not too far along the corridor, and if anyone was to look directly down, he would see us, stiff and frozen like fossils in a glacier.†
Chpt 18.
Definitions:
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(direct as in: directly above; or buy direct) without anything in between -- whether in time, space, or involvement
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(direct as in: gave a direct answer) straightforward -- often clear, open, or blunt in speech or behavior
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(direct as in: direct a question; or direct a film) to guide, aim, or manage -- such as actions, attention, speech, a project or company
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(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.