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Definition of Directest
1. direct [adj] - See also: direct
Lexicographical Neighbors of Directest
Literary usage of Directest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England: To which is Added an by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1826)
"... e*'the directest ° passage to Ireland;" and ordered P BOOK ec that the rest,
who were to wait upon his person, xu' •* should likewise send their goods ..."
2. Lectures on Popular Education: Delivered to the Edinburgh Philosophical by George Combe (1848)
"... will be naturally prone to animal indulgence in the highest degree, and disposed
to seek gratification in the directest way, and in the lowest pursuits. ..."
3. The Life and Letters of Robert Collyer, 1823-1912 by John Haynes Holmes (1917)
"It is evident that, in the first Christian ages, what is now a sermon was just
a talk about matters of the directest interest and in the directest way. ..."
4. The Works of the Rev. John Howe by John Howe, Edmund Calamy (1838)
"Blessed God ! how repugnant is this to charity 1 For let us consider what it is
that we can set in directest opposition to it. Let charity be the loving of ..."
5. The Works by John Howe, Edmund Calamy (1835)
"Blessed God ! how repugnant is this to charily 1 For let us consider what it is
that we can set in directest opposition to it. Let charity be the loving of ..."
6. Twenty-four Sermons by Henry Whitney Bellows, Russell Nevins Bellows (1886)
"Again, Jesus Christ is the directest ray God ever shot into the world. If you
want to get as near to God as you can, go and find Jesus Christ. ..."
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