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Definition of Straightly
1. adv. In a right line; not crookedly.
2. adv. A variant of Straitly. See 1st Straight.
Definition of Straightly
1. Adverb. In a straight manner; without curve or bend. ¹
2. Adverb. Without deviation; directly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Straightly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Straightly
Literary usage of Straightly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Politics (non-partisan) from the Beginning to Date: Embodying a by Thomas Valentine Cooper (1892)
"... so classing when he was a Senator in Congress under the administration of the
first Mr. Adams ; and when party lines were most straightly drawn, ..."
2. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the by Richard Hakluyt (1903)
"... for the space of nine weeks, and was so straightly guarded and badly used by
those that attended him, as he dayly suspected some further mischiefe to ..."
3. The History of New England from 1630 to 1649 by John Winthrop, James Savage (1853)
"... (the present governour,) and therein an order from the lords commissioners
for foreign plantations, (being all of the council,) wherein they straightly ..."
4. The History of New England from 1630 to 1649 by John Winthrop, James Savage (1853)
"... commissioners for foreign plantations, (being all of the council,) wherein
they straightly required the patent to be sent home by the first ship, etc. ..."
5. Dwight's Journal of Music by John Sullivan Dwight (1867)
"LJ Did m words a - gainst the law of Moses, and al - so Godl Did we not en-join
and straightly com- lf -1- -*- Й:^£ 5 -.--^--^ | a , Г—Г—p . ..."
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