Lexic.us

Definition of Straightaway

1. Adverb. Without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening. "Come here now!"

2. Adjective. Performed with little or no delay. "A straightaway denial"

3. Noun. A straight segment of a roadway or racecourse.

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

straight poker straight pool straight pull straight quote straight razor straight razors straight red straight red card straight shooter straight sinus

straight talk straight talker straight ticket straight up straightarrow(a) straightaway (current term) straightaways straightbred straightbreds straighted

straightedge straightedges straighten straighten out straighten up straightenable straightened straightener straighteners straightening

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. ..."

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