Ant. Dry, drain, parch; air, ventilate, evaporate, vaporize.
Diplomacy. Negotiation, indirection, tact, artful management, contrivance, circumvention; embassage, ministry, ambassadorship.
Ant. Dismissal, congé, recall; candor, naïveté, ingenuousness; mismanagement, maladministration; self-defeat.
Diplomatic. Prudent, wise, tactful, astute, politic, sagacious, judicious, discreet.
Ant. Blundering, tactless, injudicious.
Direct, a. Unswerving, straight, rectilinear, undeviating.
Ant. Meandering, crooked, roundabout, circuitous.
Direction. Course, tendency, aim, bearing; oversight, management, control, superintendence, conduct; order, command; address, superscription.
Ant. Deviation, aberration; miscontrol.
Directly. Straightly, immediately, forthwith, soon, speedily, instantly, promptly, presently, quickly, straightway, at once.