straightway

IPA: strˈeɪtweɪ

noun

  • A straight section of a racetrack.

adverb

  • (dated) Synonym of straightaway or straight away (at once, immediately).
  • (nonstandard) Directly.
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Examples of "straightway" in Sentences

  • He loosed his sword straightway, and laid down his quiver.
  • The word straightway means immediately; that is, as soon as the fragments were gathered up.
  • The friends of the Hunnish Margrave called straightway for their swords and their shields, that they might kill Folker.
  • The margrave's kindred from the Hunnish land called straightway for their swords and shields, and would fain have done Folker to death.
  • ‘“Give it me again of thy grace, and tell me thy name straightway, that I may give thee a stranger’s gift, wherein thou mayest be glad.
  • Then he restored the coin straightway to the Sultan and we left the youth in durance vile; whilst I said to my slave who had taken the money,
  • 25 And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.
  • Here was adventure, something to do with head and hand, a world to conquer — and straightway from the back of his consciousness rushed the thought, CONQUERING, TO WIN TO HER, THAT
  • Here was adventure, something to do with head and hand, a world to conquer - and straightway from the back of his consciousness rushed the thought, CONQUERING, TO WIN TO HER, THAT
  • The Ursuline nuns, to whose school she was sent, took the precaution, after her mother's death, of having her baptized straightway into the Catholic faith, and she made her _première communion_ in their church.

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