directest

Adjective

direct (comparative more direct, superlative most direct)

1. Proceeding without deviation or interruption.

   Synonyms:

   immediate

2. Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.
   • the most direct route between two buildings
3. Straightforward; sincere.
   • Be even and direct with me.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
4. Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
   • He nowhere, that I know, says it in direct words.1689 December (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter 1, in Two Treatises of Government: […], London: […] Awnsham Churchill, […], →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   explicit

5. In the line of descent; not collateral.
   • a descendant in the direct line
6. In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; said of the motion of a celestial body.

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