The phrase "directly mentioned" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to something that has been stated explicitly instead of implied or inferred. For example: "The students were directly mentioned in the report as being the cause of the incident."
Two buyers in the past few weeks directly mentioned the bill when purchasing a.50-caliber rifle, he said.
His writing contains many lucid personal insights and yet his interior life – his loves, his joy and his pain – is never directly mentioned.
Libya is never directly mentioned and the events of Khazar's conviction and death are reported only indirectly, but he's otherwise pretty much the same as his template.
Although not directly mentioned in the act itself, it was understood, and later confirmed by executive order, that "property" included slaves.
Mr. Eshagh, the leader of the Iranian delegation, never directly mentioned the sanctions, nor the fact that Mrs. Clinton was in town.
Until Adrien Brody won for best actor in "The Pianist" and mentioned a friend from Queens who was fighting in the region, not a single movie star had directly mentioned American and British troops.
But Flanner never directly mentions is Mrs. Simpson's two-year affair with the King.
Not that he was going to leave without directly mentioning the missive.
The former Cuban leader did not directly mention the restored relations, though he made several critical references to the US.
In outlining similarities and differences between John Quincy Adams and George W. Bush, Mr. Wilentz avoids directly mentioning the elephant in the room.
Some of the Twitter posts in question do not directly mention the offense to which Mr. McAlpine was falsely linked.
