straightway
Origin of straightway
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How to use straightway in a sentence
"Very well," said the other, handing him a check for twenty-five dollars as a retainer, and straightway left the office.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxWhen the English servant takes up hers, she straightway goes and buys a new hat to get photographed in it.
Friend Mac Donald | Max O'RellAnd straightway I saw that the insect stretched forth its slender arm toward Heaven; mysterious, mute, earnest, it was praying.
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred DownerWhen he returned to France he straightway engaged in new efforts for the cause of liberty.
Harper's Young People, November 30, 1880 | VariousWith that I took the men straightway to the king, bidding the house-carles hold their peace awhile.
A Prince of Cornwall | Charles W. Whistler
British Dictionary definitions for straightway
/ (ˈstreɪtˌweɪ) /
archaic at once
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