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View synonyms for straightaway

straightaway

[ streyt-uh-wey ]

adjective

  1. straight onward, without turn or curve, as a racecourse.


noun

  1. a straightaway course or part.

adverb

  1. immediately; right away.

straightaway

/ ˌstreɪtəˈweɪ /

adverb

  1. at once


noun

  1. the US word for straight

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Word History and Origins

Origin of straightaway1

First recorded in 1870–75; from phrase straight away

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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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