straightway
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straight·way
(strāt′wā′, -wā′)adv.
1. In a direct course: plunged straightway to the rocks below.
2. Without delay; at once: Straightway a storm began to brew.
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straightway
(ˈstreɪtˌweɪ) orstraightways
adv
archaic at once
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straight•a•way
(adj., n. ˈstreɪt əˌweɪ; adv. -ˈweɪ)adj.
1. straight onward in course.
n. 2. a straightaway stretch.
adv. 3. immediately.
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Adv. 1. straightway - at once; "straightway the clouds began to scatter"
2. straightway - in a direct course; "plunged straightway to the rocks below"
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