Collective rules are not set straightaway but progressively win recognition.
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Straightaway
/ˈstɹeɪtəˌweɪ/
Synonyms for "straightaway" (108 found)
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Adverb(4 words)
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pretty damned quickpromptlyprontoquicklyradiusradius vectorrightright awayright lineright nowright offsecantsegmentshortcutsidesimultaneouslysmartlyspeedilystraightstraight course
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straight linestraight stretchstraightforwardstraightwaystreamlinesubitosummarilyswiftlytangentthen and therethis minutethis very minutetimetransversalunbrokenundeviatingunidirectionaluninterrupteduno saltuunswervingvectorwith all speedwithout delaywithout further delay
Adverb(7 words)
Noun(1 words)
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Once there were two women who were best friends, yet they were different: one was as beautiful as the new day but poor as a church mouse, while the other was as unsightly as the night but immeasurably rich. Now it came about that a fellow moved into the land; straightaway he was greedy for the wealth of the unsightly one, but he preferred to be adorned with the beauty by his side.
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We're on a straightaway stretching towards the horizon with no other cars around.
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When I have completed a manuscript, if I lay it away in a drawer or pigeon-hole, it lies there quietly enough, and my mind seems wholly discharged of it. But if I mail it, I straightaway find myself tormented with "staircase wit" in the shape of emendations.
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