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    [Adverb]  | "straight*away" | \ ˌstrāt-ə-ˈwā \


    1: without hesitation or delay

    Origin: circa 1534 ;

    [Adjective]  | "straight*away" | \ ˈstrāt-ə-ˌwā \


    1: proceeding in a straight line : continuous in direction

    2: immediate

    Origin: 1866 ;

    [Noun]  | "straight*away" | \ ˈstrā-tə-ˌwā \


    1: a straight course: such as

    2: the straight part of a closed racecourse : stretch

    3: a straight and unimpeded stretch of road or way

    Origin: 1857 ;

    [Adjective]  | "straightaway" 


    1: done or occurring without any noticeable lapse in time;


      * e.g., " ... her first novel was a straightaway success "



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    2: free from irregularities or digressions in course;


      * e.g., " ... the doomed ship was headed on a straightaway course in the path of the iceberg "



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    [Adverb]  | "straightaway" 


    1: without delay;


      * e.g., " ... he got to the hospital, and straightaway he was admitted and given intravenous fluids "



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     [ "straightaway" ]

    1: adverb act upon an impulse to do something without question, regardless of it's consequences how everything should be done for John Petrucci

      * e.g.,  ... "I didn't even need to ask twice... He just handwired them straightaway." 

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