STRAIGHTWAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does straightway mean? 

• STRAIGHTWAY (adverb)
  The adverb STRAIGHTWAY has 2 senses:

1. at once

2. in a direct course

  Familiarity information: STRAIGHTWAY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRAIGHTWAY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

At once

Context example:

straightway the clouds began to scatter

Sense 2

Meaning:

In a direct course

Context example:

plunged straightway to the rocks below

 Context examples 

Straightway a great flock of wild crows came flying toward her, enough to darken the sky.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Straightway he began taking out the screws, and finally lifted off the lid, showing the casing of lead beneath.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

But straightway they all plunged into politics, varied by the drinking of sweet maraschino, which a footman brought round upon a salver.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“When I dismantled my old Pantheon and cast out Napoleon and Cæsar and their fellows, I straightway erected a new Pantheon,” she answered gravely, “and the first I installed was Dr. Jordan.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Quite by accident, of course, some pretty, easy music lay on the piano, and with trembling fingers and frequent stops to listen and look about, Beth at last touched the great instrument, and straightway forgot her fear, herself, and everything else but the unspeakable delight which the music gave her, for it was like the voice of a beloved friend.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Here was adventure, something to do with head and hand, a world to conquer—and straightway from the back of his consciousness rushed the thought, conquering, to win to her, that lily- pale spirit sitting beside him.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The Witch gave Dorothy a friendly little nod, whirled around on her left heel three times, and straightway disappeared, much to the surprise of little Toto, who barked after her loudly enough when she had gone, because he had been afraid even to growl while she stood by.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Amy's conscience preached her a little sermon from that text, then and there, and she did what many of us do not always do, took the sermon to heart, and straightway put it in practice.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Who could doubt it who has heard of the Agamemnon? cried Lady Hamilton, and straightway she began to talk of the admiral and of his doings with such extravagance of praise and such a shower of compliments and of epithets, that my father and I did not know which way to look, feeling shame and sorrow for a man who was compelled to listen to such things said in his own presence.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A third of God’s angels he had led with him, and straightway he incited man to rebel against God, and gained for himself and hell the major portion of all the generations of man.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)