Straightway
[streitwei]
Definition
(adv.) in a direct course; 'plunged straightway to the rocks below'.
(adv.) at once; 'straightway the clouds began to scatter'.
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Definition
(adv.) Immediately; without loss of time; without delay.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. Straight, immediately.
Edited by Edith
Examples
- But heedless of the peasant's warning, the players moved straightway toward the castle. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It looked so bad, Jenny,' responded the old man, with gravity, 'that I will straightway tell you what an impression it wrought upon me. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Filled with these reflections, the middle-aged lady arrayed herself in her bonnet and shawl, and repaired to the mayor's dwelling straightway. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He straightway repaired to the carcass of Sabor, but was angered to find the bones picked clean by other hungry denizens of the jungle. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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