You would have perceived directly then how completely she was out of it.

They seemed to have been able to perceive directly the reflected radiation of the stars.

There is some force operating that we have not perceived directly.

By contrast, 'those who I am not directly perceiving fall into three classes.

However, electromagnetic waves cannot be directly perceived by human ears.

So he had to help her find a way to clarify what he couldn't perceive directly.

Abstract concepts are those whose attributes cannot be directly perceived, such as imagination.

Also, we do not directly perceive distance while we are awake.

Not only is it unable to be directly perceived, but it cannot actually affect us or anything else in any way at all.

Nobody could hope ever to "perceive directly" an atom.