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How to pronounce straightaway in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms straight
Type of section, segment
Has types stretch
Type Words
Synonyms immediate, prompt, quick


a straightaway denial.
Type Words
Synonyms at once, directly, forthwith, immediately, instantly, like a shot, now, right away, straight off


found an answer straightaway.

Examples of straightaway

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Atkins himself therefore breaches the proper competence of science straightaway.
From the newscientist.com
Straightaway, a French doctor was called to perform some painful oral surgeries.
From the en.wikipedia.org
He could go fast on the straightaway and I could go faster through the corners.
From the news-journalonline.com
The first phase calls for a 2-mile winding course with a 4,000-foot straightaway.
From the kentucky.com
Votto homered to straightaway center with one out in the second for a 3-0 lead.
From the newsobserver.com
Freshman Peyton Siva hit a straightaway three to give the Cardinals a 25-12 lead.
From the kentucky.com
The longest straightaway is less than a quarter-mile, so my top speed was 69 mph.
From the kentucky.com
The track where Doug Herbert hopes to set his record is a five-mile straightaway.
From the charlotteobserver.com
He will have to go, maybe not straightaway but certainly in the summer reshuffle.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • A straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
  • Immediate: performed with little or no delay; "an immediate reply to my letter"; "a prompt reply"; "was quick to respond"; "a straightaway denial"
  • Immediately: without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening; "he answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"; "Come here now!"
  • Straightaway is a 26-week half-hour adventure/drama television series which aired on ABC during the 1961u20131962 season u2013 the story of two young men who operate a garage and engage in auto racing. John Ashley and Brian Kelly played race car designers Clipper Hamilton and Scott Ross, respectively. Scott designs the vehicles, and Clipper is the mechanic. Asa Maynor was cast in four episodes as Dixie...
  • Straightaways is the second release of the band Son Volt. Release Date: April 22, 1997
  • A straight section of a racetrack; extending into the distance in a straight line; At once; immediately
  • A straight section of passage. It may or may not have junctions along it. The endpoints of a straightaway are either dead ends, forced corners or turns, T-junctions where the straightaway is the stem, or points on the boundary wall.
  • Promptly or right away; immediately or forthwith
  • A section of track where you can shift into high gears with less severe changes of direction and varieties of obstacles (easy and difficult).