He would not refer directly to her death, because someone else might be paying attention.
The term is also used to refer directly to new statistics themselves.
They were the three early ones when Lisa had been at her worst and referred directly to him.
Perhaps this would have been all right if he had said the same thing, but referred directly to Hanna or himself.
I ought to be able to refer to the experience directly, and not only indirectly.
King did not refer directly to the brutal attack by state and local law officers just 18 days earlier.
At least three songs directly refer to the 1967 riot.
Several recent works in the show refer directly to Muybridge's studies.
But I would probably never refer to it directly.
Paul's letters do not refer directly to this experience on the Damascus road.