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Definition of Straightaway
1. Adverb. Without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening. "Come here now!"
Partainyms: Immediate
2. Adjective. Performed with little or no delay. "A straightaway denial"
Similar to: Fast
Derivative terms: Immediateness, Promptness, Quickness
3. Noun. A straight segment of a roadway or racecourse.
Generic synonyms: Section, Segment
Specialized synonyms: Stretch
Derivative terms: Straight
Definition of Straightaway
1. Noun. A straight section of a racetrack. ¹
2. Adverb. At once; immediately. ¹
3. Adjective. extending into the distance in a straight line. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Straightaway
1. [n -WAYS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Straightaway
Literary usage of Straightaway
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Tribune Almanac and Political Register by Horace Greeley (1901)
"Bath, straightaway, with feet and knees tied, America, 25 yards, 0:15, ...
straightaway across tide, America, 75 yards, 0:52%, WC Johnson, August 10 1900. ..."
2. How to Fly (the Flyer's Manual): A Practical Course of Training in Aviation by D. Gordon E. Re Vley, Glad Lewis (1917)
"JOHN B. In its first stage the straightaway is the action of leaving the ground
for an altitude of not over one meter and essaying a landing as soon as that ..."
3. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1898)
"One man Paddling, single blade, i mile straightaway. second prizes in addition
to Trophy. ... War Canoes, j mile straightaway. First and second prize. ..."
4. The Journal of Speculative Philosophy: Ed. by Wm. T. Harris edited by William Torrey Harris (1886)
"The opposite of line is a straightaway from line (this does not extend the ...
The straightaway from .surface gives depth or thickness—the recorded third ..."
5. Conklin's Handy Manual of Useful Information and World's Atlas by George W. Conklin (1891)
"50 yards—*33£s., WC Johnson, straightaway, still water, Locust Grove, L. 1., Aug.
10, 1890. ... with light tide, straightaway. Nyack, NY, Aug. as, 1890. ..."