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straightaway
[ streyt-uh-wey ]
adjective
- straight onward, without turn or curve, as a racecourse.
noun
- a straightaway course or part.
adverb
- immediately; right away.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of straightaway1
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Example Sentences
Seven hundred million people saw the message, and the minister saw me straightaway.
Where we pick up: That baby switch will be dealt with straightaway.
Caste is a thing you should be very careful of in these days, so the best thing is to ask for the Bear-Garden straightaway.
If he could gain sufficient distance to undertake this straightaway, he would find help.
Just now, we are cutting the season and have planned a straightaway back to winter quarters.
In 'Roughing It' we are led to believe that the author regarded this as a gift from heaven and accepted it straightaway.
“Yes, but that may have meant as the crow flies, straightaway,” returned the scout-master.
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