Sorry, but no. A butterfly is never "directional" because it narrowly defined profit range. Placing it OTM doesn't make it a directional position - it's still a neutral position because it will not gain or lose with the market. It has a fixed max profit and loss.
A directional position will gain as the market goes in its favor, and lose if the market goes against it and you didn't hedge. Calls and Puts are really the only "directional" positions you can take.
A butterfly is neutral regardless of whether you place it correctly or not. Was the butterfly that you placed ATM that had the stock shoot far past its wings "directional" too? No, it wasn't...but don't let me hold you up from licking windows and giggling.
If you do it right you can set them and forget them. If you need to "tweak" it you're probably choosing a stock that is moving around too much or too little to be a viable candidate for a butterfly - and instead you should be using condors.
In all honesty, if you use options for more than basic calls, puts and two-strike spreads you are going to lose. Your loss may be gradual due to a perceived sense of security in that you can't lose more than your initial investment...but for this illusion of "limited risk" you are giving up time. Not only does time work against you in long options positions due to decay, but if you didn't estimate direction correctly your only real play will be limiting your max loss.