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Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means. |
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Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from truth and openness; sincere; outspoken. |
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Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous. |
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In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant in the direct line. |
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In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; -- said of the motion of a celestial body. |
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Acting directly, as one part upon another, without the intervention of other working parts. |
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