directly

Example Sentences

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Usually doctors try to find out more about someone's cancer by surgically extracting cells directly from a tumour in the body.

From BBC

He was seated directly behind Smith and the only guy visible in a band T-shirt.

From Los Angeles Times

So far, HR 8799 remains the only directly imaged system known to contain four massive gas giants.

From Science Daily

Swift detected hydroxyl when the comet was nearly three times farther from the Sun than Earth is, well beyond the region where surface ice would normally turn directly into vapor.

From Science Daily

Although no one can observe those earliest moments directly, researchers continue to reconstruct what might have happened using clues from chemistry, physics, and geology.

From Science Daily