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Main Entry:
di·rect·ly
[
dih-
rekt
-lee
,
dahy-
]
/
dɪˈrɛkt
li
,
daɪ-
/
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Part of Speech:
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Main Entry:
directly
Part of Speech:
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Example Sentences
No matter whom you end up dealing with, it shouldn't preclude financial discussions
directly
with your doctor.
As a valued subscriber, you can enjoy free downloads of our weekly issues
directly
to your iPad.
They looked in samples taken
directly
from patients with lung cancer, and also in lung-cancer cells from laboratory cultures.
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No matter whom you end up dealing with, it shouldn't preclude financial discussions
directly
with your doctor.
As a valued subscriber, you can enjoy free downloads of our weekly issues
directly
to your iPad.
They looked in samples taken
directly
from patients with lung cancer, and also in lung-cancer cells from laboratory cultures.
Get our news delivered
directly
to your desktop-free.
In fact, it is not inconceivable that automobiles would be fueled
directly
with hydrogen at pumping stations.
We learned not to eat with our fingers unless the situation
directly
called for it.
Using a metal spatula, gently pick up each loaf from the sheet pan and place
directly
on the cooking grate.
Over the last few years, astronomers have learned how to accomplish the difficult task of
directly
imaging extrasolar planets.
Three letters of recommendation should be submitted
directly
by recommenders.
And even for those who do not work
directly
on the genes themselves, similar technological changes are appearing.
Examine how these issues affect the students
directly
.
For the first time, telescopes have captured the light spectra emitted
directly
from planets outside of our solar system.
He did not have proof for his views, but there did not seem to be much evidence that
directly
refuted it.
Sow seed
directly
in garden beds in spring, after all danger of frost is past.
The ground crew triple-checks that the craft is pointed
directly
downwind.
Recognizing that the industry's growth is
directly
tied to the strength of the.
Dry steam, the oldest geothermal technology, takes steam out of fractures in the ground and uses it to
directly
drive a turbine.
For the first time, astronomers have
directly
detected light coming from planets outside our solar system.
Plants can take up polonium through their roots, or it can be deposited
directly
on broad-leafed plants.
Good in containers and planted
directly
in the garden.
And if you want to charge something
directly
from a mains adapter, you'd better be happy leaving it on the floor.
We learn much about education by asking those
directly
involved.
Almost all of these specks are too far away and/or too small to see
directly
.
The advantage, if it worked, would be that it could sail
directly
into the wind.
The best way to do that is to take it
directly
out of the atmosphere.
For instant effect, slip potted nursery plants
directly
into decorative containers.
And maybe a final step is attaching that limb
directly
to the skeleton," he said.
The history of life is often represented by a tree, with each existing species evolving
directly
from a single progenitor species.
Not all volcanoes spew ash and lava
directly
into the air or land.
Because of the rock landscaping, the soil
directly
beneath was nearly unplantable.
The first
directly
observed exoplanet is not quite a planet.
Probing the human brain
directly
presents great medical and ethical hurdles.
In my neighborhood, some of the street lamps aim their light
directly
down on the sidewalk and road.
If you live in a mild climate, sow tomatillo seeds
directly
in the ground once all danger of frost is past.
Some sites provide the censors with access so the authorities can alter content
directly
.
When a brane and antibrane meet, they do not annihilate
directly
to energy.
So even though it is still a negative comment about someone, it isn't
directly
hurtful to the parties involved in the exchange.
Seeds of many plants can be sown
directly
in the frame and grown there until it's time to transplant them to the garden.
Apple recently opened the door for authors to sell their work
directly
to readers through its iBooks store.
Causal affects cannot be
directly
inferred from statistical correlations.
The meat is seasoned only with salt and placed
directly
on the hot coals of an open fire or cooked on wooden sticks.
There was the flat stuff that grows
directly
on concrete.
Certain multifunctional models can print
directly
onto a disc, but their tray adapters can jam up and cause problems.
Most antibiotics
directly
attack the microbes that make us ill.
Borella says the sewage system leaks water
directly
into the fort's foundations.
Seeds are rather difficult to start, especially when sown
directly
in garden.
How effective the generator is
directly
affects how much wind can be converted into electric power.
Directly
below the sidewalk, a volunteer scratches up dirt in a niche formed largely by the bones of dead mammoths.
Sawtooth-edged leaves are set
directly
on the stems.
Afterall, they can afford not to bath
directly
in it or drink
directly
from it.
Ohio's location,
directly
on the migratory path of many bird species, makes it an ideal location for bird watching.
To prevent wasteful runoff, make basins or terracing to channel water
directly
to plant roots, as shown below.
So one set of questions that her study is asking bears
directly
on whether such a move would work.
With both sides stymied by not being able to
directly
reach the other, the war went underground.
But before you pull the trigger, call the hotel
directly
and ask for a better deal.
The soy sauce here appears to be poured
directly
on the skin, and the skin should be acting as a barrier.
Proceeds from each sale go
directly
to the artists as well as their home communities.
For beans and carrots, plan to sow seeds
directly
in the soil-filled container.
Let gutters channel it into rain barrels or
directly
into landscape beds.
Sow this cool-season annual
directly
in the garden as soon as the soil is workable.
Some sports and entertainment areas will report
directly
to executives outside the newsroom who oversee advertising sales.
Light reflected
directly
back at the camera, and thus not much absorbed, may overwhelm its sensitive detectors.
Smithson's formative years unfolded in the midst of unprecedented discovery, much of it
directly
connected to chemical advances.
Cooking
directly
over a live flame is primal and sometimes unpredictable, and every master of the grill.
Some brands are reaching out
directly
to consumers, cutting luxury publications out of the process.
The new offering from uSocial competes
directly
with this revenue source.
The scientific first opens a new era in which scientists can
directly
observe the.
In fact, being
directly
testable, it may be better than string theory.
The best places to buy them are
directly
at the factories that continue to produce them using traditional methods.
Elzo did not have to wait till her doctor could put a receiver
directly
on her chest.
The president is
directly
elected for a period of five years and a maximum of two consecutive terms.
Browse through our wallpaper galleries and download photos
directly
to your desktop.
People who have
directly
experienced flooding are more likely to be worried about climate change, according to a new study.
Scientists say for the first time they've
directly
linked nerve cells and photovoltaic nanoparticle films.
Bush made a point of
directly
confronting the loss at a time when the subject was largely taboo.
She also happens to work
directly
with the program established for first-year students.
The president, who is
directly
elected for a five-year term, may not be re-elected to a second.
For the first time, scientists have
directly
measured how an earthquake moves land underwater.
Sometimes pitch black is not what's
directly
outside a subway car's window.
What follows is a list of some of the biggest provisions in the bill that will hit you
directly
in the wallet.
Well, since investors do not teach, having richer investors does not
directly
help students in value.
The federal parliament comprises a
directly
elected lower house.
Now cyberspace lets you talk with one another
directly
.
If the beam is centered
directly
between the cells, equal amounts of light will shine on each of them.
Lichens also absorb polonium
directly
from the atmosphere.
The large leaves arise
directly
from stout rhizomes.
The current surge stems
directly
from the recession:.
Work email is solely for stuff
directly
related to my activities within my current college.
Her refusal to change course led
directly
to her removal from office and the reversal of the hated policy by her successor.
Chimps were never
directly
observed using the food sources.
Giving the antibody
directly
should not activate an immune.
Two hatches on the back of the cabin exit
directly
into spacesuits dangling outside.
The fuel cell uses microbes to extract electricity
directly
from food.
Essentially, they deliver radioactive particles
directly
to cancerous cells to kill them.
Generally speaking, the grant isn't given
directly
to you, but to your college/university.
Now, however, politicians have brought the accounting regime
directly
into their line of fire.
The jewel wasp is the only parasite known to inject its venom
directly
into its host's brain.
Aphids are the only animals that produce their own carotenoids--and they stole the genes to do it
directly
from a fungus in the.
The best work transcends its cultural matrix and speaks
directly
to our common humanity.
Google also says it will send readers hungry for more
directly
to booksellers and libraries.
And there was a gentlemen's agreement with department stores not to siphon sales by reaching out
directly
to wealthy customers.
President,
directly
elected for a maximum of two six-year terms, with no executive powers in peacetime.
Using viral gene insertion and regulatory proteins, researchers turned adult human skin cells
directly
into adult.
Again, true, but trakz doesn't verify that you're linking
directly
to a music file.
After all, consumers have shown that they will order
directly
from producers and specialty retail shops if given the chance.
The president, who is
directly
elected for a five-year term, may not be re-elected to a second consecutive term.
Wind speeds within tornadoes are so difficult to measure
directly
that scientists must rate tornadoes by the damage they cause.
Each viewed special images pointed
directly
at each individual eye.
Now, they want to make the devices longer-lasting, more reliable and better able to integrate
directly
with the human brain.
She broke it off in a voice mail message, using new technology that allowed her to jump
directly
to the suitor's voice mail.
He found a group of cells within it that connect
directly
to the limbic system, the brain's emotion-generating area.
Virtually all life in the world's oceans is
directly
or in
directly
dependent on one-celled plants called phytoplankton.
Place a coin on top of the index card so that it is
directly
over the opening.
The rocks that were hit
directly
were instantly vaporized, and the underlying rock was rapidly melted or pulverized.
He's previously shown that a non-spinning singularity might have this effect, allowing them to be studied more
directly
.
Alternatively, you can listen to selected articles
directly
from your computer.
Browse through wallpaper galleries organized by subject and download photos
directly
to your desktop.
The chip is implanted
directly
under the retina to generate artificial vision by stimulating inner retina nerve cells.
For instance, some suggested that coloration was
directly
caused by external factors such as climate, light or diet.
Minimal plumbing fixtures and simple sconces mounted
directly
onto an unframed mirror keep the focus on natural materials.
At the same time, the server can deliver metadata about each file
directly
to the client's database.
In opinion polls, a majority did not hold him
directly
responsible.
Rather than
directly
testing the elderly, the team looked at both male and female offspring who had an average age of.
From her there were
directly
descended one thousand two hundred persons.
Most important, to no one else did he so
directly
communicate his artistic opinions.
There are some writers who you would swear must be able to see
directly
into the future.
Such information interests more than patients and those
directly
involved in their treatment.
But it's hard to
directly
prove that octopuses are intelligent.
They haven't been
directly
detected yet, only in
directly
.
It starts with our dedicated keepers that spend their days working
directly
with these animals.
The government still does not admit it has been made and refuses to comment
directly
.
These species thus face the same salt removal problem they would have if they drank seawater
directly
.
It may make you look possessed, but it's so images and video can be
directly
projected on to your eyeballs.
The iPad can do many things, but supporting printers
directly
is not one of them.
She replies
directly
to him, and a whirlwind e-romance begins.
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