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Straightly

adv

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a straight manner; without curve or bend.
  2. 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. 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."

Etymology

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

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