Word Meanings - STRAIGHTLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
In a right line; not crookedly.
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- PROMPTLY
In a prompt manner. - INSTANTLY
1. Without the least delay or interval; at once; immediately. Macaulay. 2. With urgency or importunity; earnestly; pressingly. "They besought him instantly." Luke vii. 4. Syn. -- Directly; immediately; at once. See Directly. - STRAIGHTWAY
Immediately; without loss of time; without delay. He took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi. . . . And straightway the damsel arose. Mark v. 41,42. - STRAIGHTLY
In a right line; not crookedly. - STRAIGHTWAYS
Straightway. - IMMEDIATELY
1. In an immediate manner; without intervention of any other person or thing; proximately; directly; -- opposed to mediately; as, immediately contiguous. God's acceptance of it either immediately by himself, or mediately by the hands of the bishop. - QUICKLY
Speedily; with haste or celerity; soon; without delay; quick. - DIRECTLY
1. In a direct manner; in a straight line or course. "To run directly on." Shak. Indirectly and directly too Thou hast contrived against the very life Of the defendant. Shak. 2. In a straightforward way; without anything intervening; - UNDIRECTLY
Indirectly. Strype. - INDIRECTLY
In an direct manner; not in a straight line or course; not in express terms; obliquely; not by direct means; hence, unfairly; wrongly. To tax it indirectly by taxing their expense. A. Smith. Your crown and kingdom indirectly held. Shak.