First-hand /(?)/

First·-hand

First-hand

a.
  1. Obtained directly from the first or original source; hence, without the intervention of an agent; -- of information; as, a firsthand report; firsthand information; firsthand knowledge.
    One sphere there is . . . where the apprehension of him is first-hand and direct; and that is the sphere of our own mind.
    — J. Martineau.