straight·away
ˈstrāt-ə-ˌwā 
straight·away
ˈstrā-tə-ˌwā
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Examples of straightaway in a Sentence
Adverb
He found the information straightaway.
he got to the hospital, and straightaway he was admitted and given intravenous fluids
Adjective
her first novel was a straightaway success
the doomed ship was headed on a straightaway course in the path of the iceberg
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New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023
The ornithologists realized straightaway that many birds in the training data set had been misclassified because of the crowdsourced workers’ limited ornithological knowledge.
—Dan Greene, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Nov. 2018
Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 13 May 2024
Ryan Mountcastle crushed his to straightaway center field.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 28 Apr. 2024
Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
The tracks have challenging turns and straightaways on which karts can reach speeds of up to 40 miles per hour.
—The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2024
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Adverb
My ideal scenario starts with going into a used bookstore and finding something wonderful by pure serendipity, then taking it off somewhere to start reading it straightaway.
—New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023
The ornithologists realized straightaway that many birds in the training data set had been misclassified because of the crowdsourced workers’ limited ornithological knowledge.
—Dan Greene, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Nov. 2018
Adjective
After taking one fastball for a strike, Smith clubbed the next one to straightaway center field, over the head of Matos.
—Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 13 May 2024
Ryan Mountcastle crushed his to straightaway center field.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 28 Apr. 2024
Noun
Irish companies have to think about being in an Irish domestic market which is frankly, really small, or just going global straightaway.
—Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
The tracks have challenging turns and straightaways on which karts can reach speeds of up to 40 miles per hour.
—The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2024
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straightaway
1 of 3 adjective
straight·away
ˈstrāt-ə-ˌwā
1
: proceeding in a straight line : continuous in direction : straightforward
2
: immediate sense 4
made a straightaway reply
straightaway
2 of 3 noun
: the straight part of a racetrack : stretch
straightaway
3 of 3 adverb
straight·away
ˌstrāt-ə-ˈwā
: without delay : immediately
found an answer straightaway
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