direct question

noun

a question asked in direct speech, such as Why did you come? Compare indirect question

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He was adept at deflecting a direct question with an anecdote or a bromide presented as a confidence.

Rubio is doing well, she said, because he is seen as someone who is willing to answer a direct question.

Even AIPAC is on board, at least when asked a direct question.

He recalled the man's reply to Benny's direct question—he had said he was going to stay as long as they would let him.

It was a direct question, and to be answered with directness, and he watched Tula anxiously lest she say the wrong thing.

Instead of a direct reply to the direct question, I have received in return a response to a question that I had not asked.

But just before they came out again upon the road, her father stopped her and asked a direct question.

"That's an argument in favor of cremation, at any rate," replied Dear Jones, evading the direct question.

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