What does "straightly" mean?

In a straight manner; without curve or bend.

What is a synonym for "straightly"?

Common synonyms include: as the crow flies, dead, direct, directly, due, forthright.

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Adverb

1
In a straight manner; without curve or bend.
2
Without deviation; directly.
"[…] I was directing my course towards it, as straightly and as speedily as the windings of a very indifferent road would permit, […]"
3
Immediately; straightaway.
"[W]hẽ the vnclene ſpritꝭ ſawe him⸝ they fell doune before him⸝ and cryed ſayinge: thou arte the ſonne of God: And he ſtreyghtly charged thẽ that they ſhulde not vtter him."

"[…] I was directing my course towards it, as straightly and as speedily as the windings of a very indifferent road would permit, […]"

From Middle English streightly, streightli, streiȝtli, equivalent to straight + -ly.

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