straightway

«straightway» in Mova's school dictionary: at once, without any delay; it is the same as «straight… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

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 fairy tales a magic act is followed straightway by its result; it is a formal, old word for «at once»

examples

• 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

• They saw, straightway they were amazed; they were affrighted, they hasted away.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «straightway» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.