Straightway

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Straightway \Straight"way`\, adv.
     Immediately; without loss of time; without delay.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           He took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her,
           Talitha cumi. . . . And straightway the damsel arose.


                                                    --Mark v.
                                                    41,42.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  straightway
       adv 1: at once; "straightway the clouds began to scatter"
       2: in a direct course; "plunged straightway to the rocks below"