straightaway

noun

1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of straightway (“A straight section of a racetrack.”).

adv

1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable)Alternative form of straight away (“at once; immediately”).

   “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.”

   “The Boys Next Door […] were as likely a prospect as the Australian new wave was going to throw up, could have been and in many ways were the next cab off the rank after the Saints and Radio Birdman, Australia's twin prophets of punk.”

   “Once again I left Jason's office in high spirits. First cab off the rank was to pay off the LAND card and I intended to do it straightaway, like ripping off a band-aid.”

adj

1. (not-comparable)Extending into the distance in a straight line.