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straightway

[ streyt-wey ]

adverb



straightway

/ ˈٰɪˌɱɪ /

adverb

  1. archaic.
    at once
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of straightway1

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; straight, way 1
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"I think digitally there will be something that comes up in the future where it's a simple, take a photo, scan straightway, and it'll be a quicker turnaround on identification."

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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.

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The 2.17-mile course weaved through the stadium parking lot and over a 3,500-foot straightway that spanned over the Korean War Veterans Memorial Bridge and suspended 80 feet over the Cumberland River.

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The first test as a race course — including a 3,500-foot straight straightway that spanned over the Korean War Veterans Memorial Bridge — seemed a success.

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Bregman had an RBI triple and scored in the first to put Houston ahead to stay, and Springer’s 14th homer was a three-run shot on a 445-foot drive to straightway center in the second.

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