straightway
part of speech
adverb (old use, in fairy tales)
meaning for a pupil
Straightway means at once, without any delay; it is the same as «straight away». tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: An old word meaning at once. In the primary lessons: in fairy tales a magic act is followed straightway by its result; it is a formal, old word for «at once»
examples
- They saw, straightway they were amazed; they were affrighted, they hasted away. (Writings PSA.48.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- He goeth after her straightway, as an ox that goeth to the slaughter, or as one in fetters to the correction of the fool; (Writings PRO.7.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- For how can this servant of my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither was there breath left in me.' (Writings DAN.10.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- They ate the apples and straightway became young. tree →
- The king gave the order and straightway the guards came. tree →
- Go home straightway. tree →
- He begged them to sell him the incense straightway. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «straightway» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.