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UK
/stɹˈeɪtweɪ/
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ADVERB
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at once
straightway the clouds began to scatter -
in a direct course
plunged straightway to the rocks below
How To Use straightway In A Sentence
- He had straightway traveled to Washington for treatment.
- The owner is now seeking planning consent for 20 log cabins, screened by 20 ft mature trees to be planted straightway.
- He loosed his sword straightway, and laid down his quiver. The Fall of the Niebelungs
- However if the pain is severe, or if your eyesight gets worse, you should contact your consultant straightway.
- UNQ butt welders can be connected to the straightway and ball joints of low-carbon steel, copper and aluminum, and are widely used to weld rings.
- plunged straightway to the rocks below
- When the diachylon Arab saw the American Arab, he straightway galloped his steed towards him, took his pipe, which he delivered at his adversary in guise of a jereed, and galloped round and round, and in and out, and there and back again, as in a play of war. Notes of a Journey From Cornhill to Grand Cairo
- Mother and I had not spread much sail to our temporary gust of prosperity; and when the storm began to gather, she straightway closereefed. The Plum Tree
- But the Lady dighted in her business straightway after these things the best she might, and she came to her prisoners, and said: Old French Romances
- A horror of any kind was no sooner past than it was straightway forgotten, and the facetious animal would advance with arched back and glaring eyes in defiance of an incursive hen, or twirl in mad hopeless career after its own miserable tail! Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines