Straightaway

//ˈstɹeɪtəˌweɪ//

Synonyms for "straightaway" (107 found)

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Closest matches (22)

air line airline all at once all together apace at a blow at a stroke at once at one blow at one jump at one stroke at one swoop at one time away axis beeline chord decisively diagonal diameter

Adverb(1 words)

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Strong matches (32)

direct direct line directly directrix edge expeditiously fast first forthwith great-circle course immediate immediately in a hurry in no time instanter instantly irreversible normal now on the instant

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on the spot one-way pdq per saltum

Adverb(6 words)

directly forthwith immediately instantly like a shot now

Adjective(1 words)

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Related words (53)

perpendicular pretty damned quick promptly pronto quickly radius radius vector right right away right line right now right off secant segment shortcut side simultaneously smartly speedily straight

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Adjective(2 words)

Adverb(2 words)

right away straight off

Noun(1 words)

Adverb(1 words)

upon the instant

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section segment

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is a

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related to

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at once distance extending immediately line racetrack straight

similar

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Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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Collective rules are not set straightaway but progressively win recognition.

Source: tatoeba (1055786)

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.

Source: tatoeba (8098273)

We're on a straightaway stretching towards the horizon with no other cars around.

Source: tatoeba (11564114)

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.

Source: wiktionary

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