straightway

noun

1. A straight section of a racetrack.

adv

1. (dated, not-comparable)Synonym of straightaway or straight away (“at once, immediately”).

   “"Thou now shalt drive her to her mother's straightway."”

   “Now, if in a stage coach in the depth of winter, when three passengers are warm and snug, a fourth, all besnowed and frozen, descends from the outside and takes place amongst them, straightway all the three passengers shift their places, uneasily pull up their cloak collars, re-arrange their "comforters," feel indignantly a sensible loss of caloric—the intruder has at least made a sensation.”

   “Now one day of the days, […] the Sultan cast his eyes upon her as she stood before him, and said to his Grand Wazir, "This be the very woman whereof I spake to thee yesterday, so do thou straightway bring her before me, that I may see what be her suit and fulfil her need."”

   “This made her angrier than before, and she blew her silver whistle twice. Straightway a great flock of wild crows came flying toward her, enough to darken the sky.”

2. (nonstandard, not-comparable)Directly.

   “Those who continually prefer to stir up waters find that they create only a whirlpool and are carried around in circles rather than progressing straightway.”

   “The National Highway 33-34 in these three districts cannot be operated even during light monsoon because the water level goes straightway into the road.”

   “Moreover an idol in a temple if situated straightway to our main entrance as if persistently gazing posture; thus emits detrimentally harmful vibes. Vaastushastra, therefore, says that such idols emit highly charged damaging energies.”