straight
adjective
without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct.
straightly
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a word derived from
straight.
Example Sentences
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Seth Meyers is stupendous at hooks and jabs delivered at a lightning pace, but straightly, leaving the performance of absurdity to news headlines.
From Salon ● May 21, 2026
More often, though, the slats are aligned straightly, recalling hard-edged 1960s minimalism; one all-black piece is titled “Stella,” after Frank Stella’s pinstriped “Black Paintings.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 26, 2014
But there was more: ''It seems to me that our three basic needs, for food and security and love, are so mixed that we cannot straightly think of one without the others.
From Time Magazine Archive
A couple of voices cried "shame," but Churchill insisted: "I am giving you the story quite straightly and bluntly."
From Time Magazine Archive
Perchance 'tis hard to live straightly here in London—still promise me thou wilt not let the ways o' the city warp thy true heart.
From A Maid of Many Moods by Virna Sheard
