2. Able to be directed; manageable. [Obs.]

Swords and bows

Directive by the limbs.

Shak.

Di*rect"ly, adv. 1. In a direct manner; in a straight line or course. "To run directly on." Shak.

Indirectly and directly too

Thou hast contrived against the very life

Of the defendant.

Shak.

2. In a straightforward way; without anything intervening; not by secondary, but by direct, means.

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