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straightway
(mass) | straightway
- hneď, okamžite |
straightway
(encz) | straightway,ihned Zdeněk Brož |
straightway
(encz) | straightway,okamžitě Zdeněk Brož |
straightway
(encz) | straightway,přímo Zdeněk Brož |
straightway
(encz) | straightway,rovnou Zdeněk Brož |
Straightway
(gcide) | Straightway \Straight"way`\, adv.
Immediately; without loss of time; without delay.
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He took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her,
Talitha cumi. . . . And straightway the damsel arose.
--Mark v.
41,42.
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straightway
(wn) | straightway
adv 1: at once; "straightway the clouds began to scatter"
2: in a direct course; "plunged straightway to the rocks below" |
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straightway
(mass) | straightway
- hneď, okamžite |
straightway
(encz) | straightway,ihned Zdeněk Brožstraightway,okamžitě Zdeněk Brožstraightway,přímo Zdeněk Brožstraightway,rovnou Zdeněk Brož |
Straight-way valve
(gcide) | Straight \Straight\, a. [Compar. Straighter; superl.
Straightest.] [OE. strei?t, properly p. p. of strecchen to
stretch, AS. streht, p. p. of streccan to stretch, to extend.
See Stretch.]
1. Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one point to
another by the nearest course; direct; not deviating or
crooked; as, a straight line or course; a straight piece
of timber.
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And the crooked shall be made straight. --Isa. xl.
4.
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There are many several sorts of crooked lines, but
there is only one which is straight. --Dryden.
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2. (Bot.) Approximately straight; not much curved; as,
straight ribs are such as pass from the base of a leaf to
the apex, with a small curve.
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3. (Card Playing) Composed of cards which constitute a
regular sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and
ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush.
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4. Conforming to justice and rectitude; not deviating from
truth or fairness; upright; as, straight dealing.
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5. Unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor straight. [Slang]
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6. Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the
organization and candidates of a political party; as, a
straight Republican; a straight Democrat; also, containing
the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a
party and no others; as, a straight ballot. [Political
Cant, U.S.]
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Straight arch (Arch.), a form of arch in which the intrados
is straight, but with its joints drawn radially, as in a
common arch.
A straight face, one giving no evidence of merriment or
other emotion.
A straight line. "That which lies evenly between its
extreme points." --Euclid. "The shortest line between two
points." --Chauvenet. "A line which has the same direction
through its whole length." --Newcomb.
Straight-way valve, a valve which, when opened widely,
affords a straight passageway, as for water.
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Straightways
(gcide) | Straightways \Straight"ways`\, adv.
Straightway. [Obs.]
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straightway
(wn) | straightway
adv 1: at once; "straightway the clouds began to scatter"
2: in a direct course; "plunged straightway to the rocks below" |
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