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direct

/daɪˈɹɛkt/ adverb C2
  1. Directly.
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They had now entered a beautiful walk by the side of the water, and every step was bringing forward a nobler fall of ground, or a finer reach of the woods to which they were approaching: but it was some time before Elizabeth was sensible of any of it; and, though she answered mechanically to the repeated appeals of her uncle and aunt, and seemed to direct her eyes to such objects as they pointed out, she distinguished no part of the scene.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 283 · B2
Ferguson, I am a busy man with many calls, and my methods have to be short and direct.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 68 · B2
Direct the envelope to the address given.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 39 · B2
The great national importance of the issue, the suspense in high quarters, the direct nature of the experiment which we were trying—all combined to work upon my nerve.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 34 · B2

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