direct manner

collocation in English

meaningsofdirectandmanner

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direct
adjective
uk
/daɪˈrekt/us
/daɪˈrekt/
going in a straight line towards somewhere or someone without stopping or ...
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manner
noun
uk
/ˈmæn.ər/us
/ˈmæn.ɚ/
the way in which something ...
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(Definition ofdirectandmannerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdirect manner

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It is written in a lively,directmanner, with telling use of contextual detail.
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After 1962 he felt compelled to express his views in a more open,directmanner(see below).
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In a second, moredirectmanner, the authors can specify explicitly the preferred fact order by manipulating a list that contains all the available types of facts.
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Political control is creeping inside universities under the banner of management control and the need to conform to the needs of society in a moredirectmanner.
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These, of course, are not new insights but the format of an anthology enables them to be presented in a particularly vivid anddirectmanner, with rewarding results.
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But nowhere in modern days can we find a political ideology associating itself with a cosmological view in such a sensitive anddirectmannerthan in communist regimes.
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We will do everything possible to respond in a verydirectmanner.
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He will not oppose the scheme in anydirectmannerupon principle, because that might not be popular.
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It explains in a clear anddirectmannerhow the new reforms will lead to enhanced and better care for our people.
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This point seems to me to exemplify in a verydirectmannerwhat we have been trying to say during the last few days.
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I would have preferred that the matter should have been approached in a much more simple and moredirectmanner.
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Persons in this particular social class tend to speak in a moredirectmannerthat projects authority, knowledge and thus credibility.
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It tends to fly in a quick anddirectmanner.
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Ephraim is passionate and headstrong, and well-liked for his candid,directmanner.
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The first figure yields a correct inference in a simple,directmanner.
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So, for 4,000 years on the northwest coast, it was important to distinguish certain individuals in a verydirectmanner; either by cranial deformation or by labret wear.
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The organization's mission is to promote the social and economic progress of people in developing regions of the world by marketing their products in a just anddirectmanner.
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There are also a few rare accounts where she would join in the battle itself as a warrior and show her favouritism in a moredirectmanner.
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