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- adjective
superlative form ofdirect : mostdirect .
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Examples
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No matter how near or far from the stable, when six o'clock came around she bolted for home and never missed the directest cross-road.
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Then he continued to the old trot, “O my mother, that where-to thou directest me is well; but this long while my mother saith to me, ‘I wish to marry thee,’ but I object replying, ‘I will not marry except on the sight of my own eyes.’”
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They had by this time reacted the Gangoil fence, having taken the directest route for the house.
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And meeting with three Prussians, they slew two, and the thirde they reserued to guide them the directest way.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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From the seaboard, this line, which drains the northern flank of the Shárr Mountains, appears the directest road into the interior.
The Land of Midian 2003
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Miles, whereas this Town by the directest Road is not more than 88 Miles from Philadelphia.
Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 30 September 1777 1963
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P. Chardon seemed to me in the directest Road to Superiority.
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"Walpurgis Night;" and every incident in the book tends with directest certainty to the fulfilment of its main design.
The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 Various
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Religion affords altogether the readiest, shortest, directest way to the conclusion, that interest and duty most coincide.
The Growth of Thought As Affecting the Progress of Society William Withington
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O let thy gifts ever, ever lead them to the giver, and fill their hearts with gratitude, their mouths with praise; and let their very actions be worship, while they acknowledge thee in all their ways, and thou directest their steps.
The Power of Faith Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The Late Mrs. Isabella Graham. Isabella Graham
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