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directness

/dih-rekt, dahy-/US // dɪˈrɛkt, daɪ- //UK // (dɪˈrɛkt, daɪ-) //

直接性,直率性,直觉性,率直性

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
    • : to regulate the course of; control: History is directed by a small number of great men and women.
    • : to administer; manage; supervise: She directs the affairs of the estate.
    • : to give authoritative instructions to; command; order or ordain: I directed him to leave the room.
    • : to serve as a director in the production or performance of.
    • : to guide, tell, or show the way to a place: I directed him to the post office.
    • : to point, aim, or send toward a place or object: to direct radio waves around the globe.
    • : to channel or focus toward a given result, object, or end: She directed all her energies toward the accomplishment of the work.
    • : to address to a person or persons: The secretary directed his remarks to two of the committee members.
    • : to address to an intended recipient.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to act as a guide.
    • : to give commands or orders.
    • : to serve as the director of a play, film, orchestra, etc.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : proceeding in a straight line or by the shortest course; straight; undeviating; not oblique: a direct route.
    • : proceeding in an unbroken line of descent; lineal rather than collateral: a direct descendant.
    • : Mathematics. containing terms of which an increase in one results in an increase in another: a term is said to be in direct proportion to another term if one increases as the other increases. the function itself, in contrast to its inverse.Compare inverse.
    • : without intervening persons, influences, factors, etc.; immediate; personal: direct contact with the voters; direct exposure to a disease.
    • : straightforward; frank; candid: the direct remarks of a forthright individual.
    • : absolute; total; exact: the direct opposite.
    • : consisting exactly of the words originally used; verbatim: direct quotation.
    • : Government. of or by action of voters, which takes effect without representatives or another intervening agency, as in direct democracy.
    • : inevitable; consequential: War will be a direct result of such political action.
    • : allocated for or arising from a particular known agency, process, job, etc.: The new machine was listed by the accountant as a direct cost.
    • : Electricity. of or relating to direct current.
    • : Astronomy. moving in an orbit in the same direction as the earth in its revolution around the sun.appearing to move on the celestial sphere in the direction of the natural order of the signs of the zodiac, from west to east.Compare retrograde.
    • : Surveying. in its normal position; not inverted or transited.
    • : working without the use of a mordant; substantive.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in a direct manner; directly; straight: Answer me direct.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as insimplicity
as inlimpidity
Synonyms
accuracy准确性,准确度,准确率,精确性articulateness阐明性,衔接性,艺术性,衔接brightness亮度,光度,光明度,光亮度certainty确定性,确定,确定的,确定无疑clearness清晰度,清晰性,透明度,清澈度comprehensibility可理解性,理解性,易懂性,可读性conspicuousness显而易见,显而易见的是,显眼的,显而易见的definition定义,释义,释義distinctness鲜明性,明确性,明显性,分明度evidence证据,证据显示,证据表明exactitude准确度,精确性,精确度,准确exactness准确度,精确性,准确,确切性explicitness明确性,公开性,明显的,明显性intelligibility可懂性,可理解性,可懂度,理解力legibility可读性,可阅性,易读性,可辨识度lucidity清醒度,清晰度,清醒性,明晰度lucidness清晰度,清醒,清醒度,清醒状态obviousness明显性,显著性,显而易见,显性openness公开性,开放性,开放,公开化palpability可触摸性,可触性,可触及性,触觉pellucidity透明性,透明度,透明化,透明度高pellucidness清晰度,透明度,透明性,清澈度penetrability渗透性,渗透率,渗透力,穿透力perceptibility可感知性,感知力,感受性,感知能力perspicuity明确性,透视性,透彻性,精明度perspicuousness透视性,透彻性,明察秋毫,明确性plainness平实,朴素,朴实,平淡precision精度,精确度,精确性,精确prominence突出显示,突出表现,凸显,突出的地位purity纯度,纯净度,纯洁性,洁净度salience显著性,突出性,凸显性,突出强调simplicity简单性,简易性,简单,简洁tangibility切实可行,切实性,切实可行的,可行性transparency透明度,透明性,透明度问题,透明度方面unambiguity毫不含糊,不含糊,不明确性,含糊不清cognizability可认知性,可识别性,认知性,可认识性decipherability破译性,破译率,破译能力,破译explicability可解释性,可解释性,可说明性,可证明性limpidness清澈见底,清澈度,清澈透明,清澈manifestness多样性,体现性,表现力,体现在overtness过度紧张,过度,过度性,超越unmistakability无误性,无歧义,无误,无懈可击
as inlimpidness
Synonyms
accuracy准确性,准确度,准确率,精确性articulateness阐明性,衔接性,艺术性,衔接brightness亮度,光度,光明度,光亮度certainty确定性,确定,确定的,确定无疑clearness清晰度,清晰性,透明度,清澈度cognizability可认知性,可识别性,认知性,可认识性comprehensibility可理解性,理解性,易懂性,可读性conspicuousness显而易见,显而易见的是,显眼的,显而易见的decipherability破译性,破译率,破译能力,破译definition定义,释义,释義distinctness鲜明性,明确性,明显性,分明度evidence证据,证据显示,证据表明exactitude准确度,精确性,精确度,准确exactness准确度,精确性,准确,确切性explicability可解释性,可解释性,可说明性,可证明性explicitness明确性,公开性,明显的,明显性intelligibility可懂性,可理解性,可懂度,理解力legibility可读性,可阅性,易读性,可辨识度limpidity清晰度,清廉,清脆的声音,清晰lucidity清醒度,清晰度,清醒性,明晰度lucidness清晰度,清醒,清醒度,清醒状态manifestness多样性,体现性,表现力,体现在obviousness明显性,显著性,显而易见,显性openness公开性,开放性,开放,公开化overtness过度紧张,过度,过度性,超越palpability可触摸性,可触性,可触及性,触觉pellucidity透明性,透明度,透明化,透明度高pellucidness清晰度,透明度,透明性,清澈度penetrability渗透性,渗透率,渗透力,穿透力perceptibility可感知性,感知力,感受性,感知能力perspicuity明确性,透视性,透彻性,精明度perspicuousness透视性,透彻性,明察秋毫,明确性plainness平实,朴素,朴实,平淡precision精度,精确度,精确性,精确prominence突出显示,突出表现,凸显,突出的地位purity纯度,纯净度,纯洁性,洁净度salience显著性,突出性,凸显性,突出强调simplicity简单性,简易性,简单,简洁tangibility切实可行,切实性,切实可行的,可行性transparency透明度,透明性,透明度问题,透明度方面unambiguity毫不含糊,不含糊,不明确性,含糊不清unmistakability无误性,无歧义,无误,无懈可击
as inlucidness
Synonyms
accuracy准确性,准确度,准确率,精确性articulateness阐明性,衔接性,艺术性,衔接brightness亮度,光度,光明度,光亮度certainty确定性,确定,确定的,确定无疑clearness清晰度,清晰性,透明度,清澈度comprehensibility可理解性,理解性,易懂性,可读性conspicuousness显而易见,显而易见的是,显眼的,显而易见的definition定义,释义,释義distinctness鲜明性,明确性,明显性,分明度evidence证据,证据显示,证据表明exactitude准确度,精确性,精确度,准确exactness准确度,精确性,准确,确切性explicitness明确性,公开性,明显的,明显性intelligibility可懂性,可理解性,可懂度,理解力legibility可读性,可阅性,易读性,可辨识度limpidity清晰度,清廉,清脆的声音,清晰lucidity清醒度,清晰度,清醒性,明晰度obviousness明显性,显著性,显而易见,显性openness公开性,开放性,开放,公开化palpability可触摸性,可触性,可触及性,触觉pellucidity透明性,透明度,透明化,透明度高pellucidness清晰度,透明度,透明性,清澈度penetrability渗透性,渗透率,渗透力,穿透力perceptibility可感知性,感知力,感受性,感知能力perspicuity明确性,透视性,透彻性,精明度perspicuousness透视性,透彻性,明察秋毫,明确性plainness平实,朴素,朴实,平淡precision精度,精确度,精确性,精确prominence突出显示,突出表现,凸显,突出的地位purity纯度,纯净度,纯洁性,洁净度salience显著性,突出性,凸显性,突出强调simplicity简单性,简易性,简单,简洁tangibility切实可行,切实性,切实可行的,可行性transparency透明度,透明性,透明度问题,透明度方面unambiguity毫不含糊,不含糊,不明确性,含糊不清cognizability可认知性,可识别性,认知性,可认识性decipherability破译性,破译率,破译能力,破译explicability可解释性,可解释性,可说明性,可证明性limpidness清澈见底,清澈度,清澈透明,清澈manifestness多样性,体现性,表现力,体现在overtness过度紧张,过度,过度性,超越unmistakability无误性,无歧义,无误,无懈可击
as inclarity
Synonyms
accuracy准确性,准确度,准确率,精确性articulateness阐明性,衔接性,艺术性,衔接brightness亮度,光度,光明度,光亮度certainty确定性,确定,确定的,确定无疑clearness清晰度,清晰性,透明度,清澈度comprehensibility可理解性,理解性,易懂性,可读性conspicuousness显而易见,显而易见的是,显眼的,显而易见的definition定义,释义,释義distinctness鲜明性,明确性,明显性,分明度evidence证据,证据显示,证据表明exactitude准确度,精确性,精确度,准确exactness准确度,精确性,准确,确切性explicitness明确性,公开性,明显的,明显性intelligibility可懂性,可理解性,可懂度,理解力legibility可读性,可阅性,易读性,可辨识度limpidity清晰度,清廉,清脆的声音,清晰lucidity清醒度,清晰度,清醒性,明晰度obviousness明显性,显著性,显而易见,显性openness公开性,开放性,开放,公开化palpability可触摸性,可触性,可触及性,触觉pellucidity透明性,透明度,透明化,透明度高pellucidness清晰度,透明度,透明性,清澈度penetrability渗透性,渗透率,渗透力,穿透力perceptibility可感知性,感知力,感受性,感知能力perspicuity明确性,透视性,透彻性,精明度perspicuousness透视性,透彻性,明察秋毫,明确性plainness平实,朴素,朴实,平淡precision精度,精确度,精确性,精确prominence突出显示,突出表现,凸显,突出的地位purity纯度,纯净度,纯洁性,洁净度salience显著性,突出性,凸显性,突出强调simplicity简单性,简易性,简单,简洁tangibility切实可行,切实性,切实可行的,可行性transparency透明度,透明性,透明度问题,透明度方面unambiguity毫不含糊,不含糊,不明确性,含糊不清cognizability可认知性,可识别性,认知性,可认识性decipherability破译性,破译率,破译能力,破译explicability可解释性,可解释性,可说明性,可证明性limpidness清澈见底,清澈度,清澈透明,清澈manifestness多样性,体现性,表现力,体现在overtness过度紧张,过度,过度性,超越unmistakability无误性,无歧义,无误,无懈可击
as inpellucidity
Synonyms
accuracy准确性,准确度,准确率,精确性articulateness阐明性,衔接性,艺术性,衔接brightness亮度,光度,光明度,光亮度certainty确定性,确定,确定的,确定无疑clearness清晰度,清晰性,透明度,清澈度comprehensibility可理解性,理解性,易懂性,可读性conspicuousness显而易见,显而易见的是,显眼的,显而易见的definition定义,释义,释義distinctness鲜明性,明确性,明显性,分明度evidence证据,证据显示,证据表明exactitude准确度,精确性,精确度,准确exactness准确度,精确性,准确,确切性explicitness明确性,公开性,明显的,明显性intelligibility可懂性,可理解性,可懂度,理解力legibility可读性,可阅性,易读性,可辨识度limpidity清晰度,清廉,清脆的声音,清晰lucidity清醒度,清晰度,清醒性,明晰度lucidness清晰度,清醒,清醒度,清醒状态obviousness明显性,显著性,显而易见,显性openness公开性,开放性,开放,公开化palpability可触摸性,可触性,可触及性,触觉pellucidness清晰度,透明度,透明性,清澈度penetrability渗透性,渗透率,渗透力,穿透力perceptibility可感知性,感知力,感受性,感知能力perspicuity明确性,透视性,透彻性,精明度perspicuousness透视性,透彻性,明察秋毫,明确性plainness平实,朴素,朴实,平淡precision精度,精确度,精确性,精确prominence突出显示,突出表现,凸显,突出的地位purity纯度,纯净度,纯洁性,洁净度salience显著性,突出性,凸显性,突出强调simplicity简单性,简易性,简单,简洁tangibility切实可行,切实性,切实可行的,可行性transparency透明度,透明性,透明度问题,透明度方面unambiguity毫不含糊,不含糊,不明确性,含糊不清cognizability可认知性,可识别性,认知性,可认识性decipherability破译性,破译率,破译能力,破译explicability可解释性,可解释性,可说明性,可证明性limpidness清澈见底,清澈度,清澈透明,清澈manifestness多样性,体现性,表现力,体现在overtness过度紧张,过度,过度性,超越unmistakability无误性,无歧义,无误,无懈可击
as inpellucidness
Synonyms
accuracy准确性,准确度,准确率,精确性articulateness阐明性,衔接性,艺术性,衔接brightness亮度,光度,光明度,光亮度certainty确定性,确定,确定的,确定无疑clearness清晰度,清晰性,透明度,清澈度comprehensibility可理解性,理解性,易懂性,可读性conspicuousness显而易见,显而易见的是,显眼的,显而易见的definition定义,释义,释義distinctness鲜明性,明确性,明显性,分明度evidence证据,证据显示,证据表明exactitude准确度,精确性,精确度,准确exactness准确度,精确性,准确,确切性explicitness明确性,公开性,明显的,明显性intelligibility可懂性,可理解性,可懂度,理解力legibility可读性,可阅性,易读性,可辨识度limpidity清晰度,清廉,清脆的声音,清晰lucidity清醒度,清晰度,清醒性,明晰度lucidness清晰度,清醒,清醒度,清醒状态obviousness明显性,显著性,显而易见,显性openness公开性,开放性,开放,公开化palpability可触摸性,可触性,可触及性,触觉pellucidness清晰度,透明度,透明性,清澈度penetrability渗透性,渗透率,渗透力,穿透力perceptibility可感知性,感知力,感受性,感知能力perspicuity明确性,透视性,透彻性,精明度perspicuousness透视性,透彻性,明察秋毫,明确性plainness平实,朴素,朴实,平淡precision精度,精确度,精确性,精确prominence突出显示,突出表现,凸显,突出的地位purity纯度,纯净度,纯洁性,洁净度salience显著性,突出性,凸显性,突出强调simplicity简单性,简易性,简单,简洁tangibility切实可行,切实性,切实可行的,可行性transparency透明度,透明性,透明度问题,透明度方面unambiguity毫不含糊,不含糊,不明确性,含糊不清cognizability可认知性,可识别性,认知性,可认识性decipherability破译性,破译率,破译能力,破译explicability可解释性,可解释性,可说明性,可证明性limpidness清澈见底,清澈度,清澈透明,清澈manifestness多样性,体现性,表现力,体现在overtness过度紧张,过度,过度性,超越unmistakability无误性,无歧义,无误,无懈可击
as inperspicuity
Synonyms
accuracy准确性,准确度,准确率,精确性articulateness阐明性,衔接性,艺术性,衔接brightness亮度,光度,光明度,光亮度certainty确定性,确定,确定的,确定无疑clearness清晰度,清晰性,透明度,清澈度comprehensibility可理解性,理解性,易懂性,可读性conspicuousness显而易见,显而易见的是,显眼的,显而易见的definition定义,释义,释義distinctness鲜明性,明确性,明显性,分明度evidence证据,证据显示,证据表明exactitude准确度,精确性,精确度,准确exactness准确度,精确性,准确,确切性explicitness明确性,公开性,明显的,明显性intelligibility可懂性,可理解性,可懂度,理解力legibility可读性,可阅性,易读性,可辨识度limpidity清晰度,清廉,清脆的声音,清晰lucidity清醒度,清晰度,清醒性,明晰度lucidness清晰度,清醒,清醒度,清醒状态obviousness明显性,显著性,显而易见,显性openness公开性,开放性,开放,公开化palpability可触摸性,可触性,可触及性,触觉pellucidity透明性,透明度,透明化,透明度高pellucidness清晰度,透明度,透明性,清澈度penetrability渗透性,渗透率,渗透力,穿透力perceptibility可感知性,感知力,感受性,感知能力perspicuousness透视性,透彻性,明察秋毫,明确性plainness平实,朴素,朴实,平淡precision精度,精确度,精确性,精确prominence突出显示,突出表现,凸显,突出的地位purity纯度,纯净度,纯洁性,洁净度salience显著性,突出性,凸显性,突出强调simplicity简单性,简易性,简单,简洁tangibility切实可行,切实性,切实可行的,可行性transparency透明度,透明性,透明度问题,透明度方面unambiguity毫不含糊,不含糊,不明确性,含糊不清cognizability可认知性,可识别性,认知性,可认识性decipherability破译性,破译率,破译能力,破译explicability可解释性,可解释性,可说明性,可证明性limpidness清澈见底,清澈度,清澈透明,清澈manifestness多样性,体现性,表现力,体现在overtness过度紧张,过度,过度性,超越unmistakability无误性,无歧义,无误,无懈可击
as inperspicuousness
Synonyms
accuracy准确性,准确度,准确率,精确性articulateness阐明性,衔接性,艺术性,衔接brightness亮度,光度,光明度,光亮度certainty确定性,确定,确定的,确定无疑clearness清晰度,清晰性,透明度,清澈度comprehensibility可理解性,理解性,易懂性,可读性conspicuousness显而易见,显而易见的是,显眼的,显而易见的definition定义,释义,释義distinctness鲜明性,明确性,明显性,分明度evidence证据,证据显示,证据表明exactitude准确度,精确性,精确度,准确exactness准确度,精确性,准确,确切性explicitness明确性,公开性,明显的,明显性intelligibility可懂性,可理解性,可懂度,理解力legibility可读性,可阅性,易读性,可辨识度limpidity清晰度,清廉,清脆的声音,清晰lucidity清醒度,清晰度,清醒性,明晰度lucidness清晰度,清醒,清醒度,清醒状态obviousness明显性,显著性,显而易见,显性openness公开性,开放性,开放,公开化palpability可触摸性,可触性,可触及性,触觉pellucidity透明性,透明度,透明化,透明度高pellucidness清晰度,透明度,透明性,清澈度penetrability渗透性,渗透率,渗透力,穿透力perceptibility可感知性,感知力,感受性,感知能力perspicuousness透视性,透彻性,明察秋毫,明确性plainness平实,朴素,朴实,平淡precision精度,精确度,精确性,精确prominence突出显示,突出表现,凸显,突出的地位purity纯度,纯净度,纯洁性,洁净度salience显著性,突出性,凸显性,突出强调simplicity简单性,简易性,简单,简洁tangibility切实可行,切实性,切实可行的,可行性transparency透明度,透明性,透明度问题,透明度方面unambiguity毫不含糊,不含糊,不明确性,含糊不清cognizability可认知性,可识别性,认知性,可认识性decipherability破译性,破译率,破译能力,破译explicability可解释性,可解释性,可说明性,可证明性limpidness清澈见底,清澈度,清澈透明,清澈manifestness多样性,体现性,表现力,体现在overtness过度紧张,过度,过度性,超越unmistakability无误性,无歧义,无误,无懈可击
as inplainness
Synonyms
accuracy准确性,准确度,准确率,精确性articulateness阐明性,衔接性,艺术性,衔接brightness亮度,光度,光明度,光亮度certainty确定性,确定,确定的,确定无疑clearness清晰度,清晰性,透明度,清澈度comprehensibility可理解性,理解性,易懂性,可读性conspicuousness显而易见,显而易见的是,显眼的,显而易见的definition定义,释义,释義distinctness鲜明性,明确性,明显性,分明度evidence证据,证据显示,证据表明exactitude准确度,精确性,精确度,准确exactness准确度,精确性,准确,确切性explicitness明确性,公开性,明显的,明显性intelligibility可懂性,可理解性,可懂度,理解力legibility可读性,可阅性,易读性,可辨识度limpidity清晰度,清廉,清脆的声音,清晰lucidity清醒度,清晰度,清醒性,明晰度lucidness清晰度,清醒,清醒度,清醒状态obviousness明显性,显著性,显而易见,显性openness公开性,开放性,开放,公开化palpability可触摸性,可触性,可触及性,触觉pellucidity透明性,透明度,透明化,透明度高pellucidness清晰度,透明度,透明性,清澈度penetrability渗透性,渗透率,渗透力,穿透力perceptibility可感知性,感知力,感受性,感知能力perspicuity明确性,透视性,透彻性,精明度perspicuousness透视性,透彻性,明察秋毫,明确性precision精度,精确度,精确性,精确prominence突出显示,突出表现,凸显,突出的地位purity纯度,纯净度,纯洁性,洁净度salience显著性,突出性,凸显性,突出强调simplicity简单性,简易性,简单,简洁tangibility切实可行,切实性,切实可行的,可行性transparency透明度,透明性,透明度问题,透明度方面unambiguity毫不含糊,不含糊,不明确性,含糊不清cognizability可认知性,可识别性,认知性,可认识性decipherability破译性,破译率,破译能力,破译explicability可解释性,可解释性,可说明性,可证明性limpidness清澈见底,清澈度,清澈透明,清澈manifestness多样性,体现性,表现力,体现在overtness过度紧张,过度,过度性,超越unmistakability无误性,无歧义,无误,无懈可击
as infreedom
Synonyms
accuracy准确性,准确度,准确率,精确性articulateness阐明性,衔接性,艺术性,衔接brightness亮度,光度,光明度,光亮度certainty确定性,确定,确定的,确定无疑clearness清晰度,清晰性,透明度,清澈度comprehensibility可理解性,理解性,易懂性,可读性conspicuousness显而易见,显而易见的是,显眼的,显而易见的definition定义,释义,释義distinctness鲜明性,明确性,明显性,分明度evidence证据,证据显示,证据表明exactitude准确度,精确性,精确度,准确exactness准确度,精确性,准确,确切性explicitness明确性,公开性,明显的,明显性intelligibility可懂性,可理解性,可懂度,理解力legibility可读性,可阅性,易读性,可辨识度limpidity清晰度,清廉,清脆的声音,清晰lucidity清醒度,清晰度,清醒性,明晰度lucidness清晰度,清醒,清醒度,清醒状态obviousness明显性,显著性,显而易见,显性openness公开性,开放性,开放,公开化palpability可触摸性,可触性,可触及性,触觉pellucidity透明性,透明度,透明化,透明度高pellucidness清晰度,透明度,透明性,清澈度penetrability渗透性,渗透率,渗透力,穿透力perceptibility可感知性,感知力,感受性,感知能力perspicuity明确性,透视性,透彻性,精明度perspicuousness透视性,透彻性,明察秋毫,明确性precision精度,精确度,精确性,精确prominence突出显示,突出表现,凸显,突出的地位purity纯度,纯净度,纯洁性,洁净度salience显著性,突出性,凸显性,突出强调simplicity简单性,简易性,简单,简洁tangibility切实可行,切实性,切实可行的,可行性transparency透明度,透明性,透明度问题,透明度方面unambiguity毫不含糊,不含糊,不明确性,含糊不清cognizability可认知性,可识别性,认知性,可认识性decipherability破译性,破译率,破译能力,破译explicability可解释性,可解释性,可说明性,可证明性limpidness清澈见底,清澈度,清澈透明,清澈manifestness多样性,体现性,表现力,体现在overtness过度紧张,过度,过度性,超越unmistakability无误性,无歧义,无误,无懈可击

Examples

  • This year’s event — which was in-person, parking lot-style shindig — featured a fair amount of Voice of San Diego reporting and some direct jabs at VOSD podcast host Scott Lewis.

  • So direct indexing is allowing us to give them the Nasdaq minus Facebook, or minus web advertising companies.

  • It’s time to harness finance and direct it to preserve our planet.

  • There needed to be some way for the teacher to spend uninterrupted time with virtual students for direct teaching.

  • Dassault Systèmes had a direct response, as many companies are working very closely with trying to work on solutions to the virus.

  • He allows the subject to float over to Hitchcock with a calm directness that I admire.

  • He spoke without notes and inspired confidence in a hurt world because of his directness, honesty, and compassion.

  • Since then, no president has spoken to the American people with so much candor, directness, and vision.

  • Mentally, he is full of aggression, thrust, directness, essentially active, not passive.

  • Their greatest virtue is their uncluttered directness, their fluid mastery of well-researched detail.

  • Further questions respecting her family, &c., were answered with equal directness and propriety, and with manifest truth.

  • Her directness had made all possible 'buts' seem ridiculous and futile, and had made the expression of curiosity seem offensive.

  • He always disdained circumlocution, prided himself upon the directness and simplicity of his address.

  • The power of any force—moral and religious as well as mechanical—is in proportion to the directness of its application.

  • As a community, San Francisco exalted personal courage, directness of encounter, straight and effective shooting.