[streyt] 
,adjective -er, -est, adverb, noun | 1. | without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path. |
| 2. | exactly vertical or horizontal; in a perfectly vertical or horizontal plane: a straight table. |
| 3. | (of a line) generated by a point moving at a constant velocity with respect to another point. |
| 4. | evenly or uprightly formed or set: straight shoulders. |
| 5. | without circumlocution; frank; candid: straight speaking. |
| 6. | honest, honorable, or upright, as conduct, dealings, methods, or persons. |
| 7. | Informal. reliable, as a report or information. |
| 8. | right or correct, as reasoning, thinking, or a thinker. |
| 9. | in the proper order or condition: Things are straight now. |
| 10. | continuous or unbroken: in straight succession. |
| 11. | thoroughgoing or unreserved: a straight Republican. |
| 12. | supporting or cast for all candidates of one political party: to vote a straight ticket. |
| 13. | unmodified or unaltered: a straight comedy. |
| 14. | without change in the original melody or tempo: She does straight songs, with just the piano backing her. |
| 15. | Informal.
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| 16. | undiluted, as whiskey. |
| 17. | Theater. (of acting) straightforward; not striving for effect. |
| 18. | Journalism. written or to be written in a direct and objective manner, with no attempt at individual styling, comment, etc.: She gave me a straight story. Treat it as straight news. |
| 19. | Cards. containing cards in consecutive denominations, as a two, three, four, five, and six, in various suits. |
| 20. | in a straight line: to walk straight. |
| 21. | in an even form or position: pictures hung straight. |
| 22. | in an erect posture: to stand up straight. |
| 23. | directly: to go straight to a place. |
| 24. | without circumlocution; frankly; candidly (often fol. by out). |
| 25. | honestly, honorably, or virtuously: to live straight. |
| 26. | without intricate involvement; not in a roundabout way; to the point. |
| 27. | in a steady course (often fol. by on): to keep straight on after the second traffic light. |
| 28. | into the proper form or condition; in order: to put a room straight. |
| 29. | in possession of the truth or of true ideas: I want to set you straight before you make mistakes. |
| 30. | sold without discount regardless of the quantity bought: Candy bars are twenty cents straight. |
| 31. | Journalism. directly and objectively: Write the circus story straight. |
| 32. | without personal embellishments, additions, etc.: Tell the story straight. Sing the song straight. |
| 33. | (of liquor) served or drunk without ice, a mixer, or water; neat: He drank his whiskey straight. |
| 34. | the condition of being straight. |
| 35. | a straight form or position. |
| 36. | a straight line. |
| 37. | a straight part, as of a racecourse. |
| 38. | Informal.
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| 39. | Chiefly Games. a succession of strokes, plays, etc., which gives a perfect score. |
| 40. | go straight, Informal. to live a law-abiding life; no longer engage in crime. |
| 41. | play it straight, Informal. to do something without jokes, tricks, subterfuge, distortions, or the like: a comedian who plays it straight when he crusades against drug abuse. |
| 42. | straight off, without delay; immediately: I told him straight off what I thought about the matter. Also, straight away. |
| 43. | straight up, (of a cocktail) served without ice: a gin martini straight up. |
| straight off adv. At once; immediately: discovered straight off that the furnace wasn't working. |
straight off
Also, straight away. Immediately, as in I knew straight off that he was lying, or I'll get to the dishes straight away. The first term dates from the late 1700s, the variant from the mid-1600s.