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straightway
[ streyt-wey ]
straightway
/ ˈstreɪtˌweɪ /
adverb
- archaic.at once
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Word History and Origins
Origin of straightway1
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Example Sentences
"Very well," said the other, handing him a check for twenty-five dollars as a retainer, and straightway left the office.
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When the English servant takes up hers, she straightway goes and buys a new hat to get photographed in it.
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And straightway I saw that the insect stretched forth its slender arm toward Heaven; mysterious, mute, earnest, it was praying.
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When he returned to France he straightway engaged in new efforts for the cause of liberty.
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With that I took the men straightway to the king, bidding the house-carles hold their peace awhile.
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