straight away

Adverb

Meaning

straight away

(idiomatic) Very soon; quickly; immediately.
This item is urgent, so please start on it straight away.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

asap New York minute now directly immediately quickly immediate delay instant instantly promptly abruptly right away urgently forthwith
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Antonyms

later eventually ultimately gradually slowly afterwards
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Examples

You put a blob of yellow here, and another at the further edge of the canvas: straight away a rapport is established between them. Colour acts in the way that music does, if you like... There is more sensitivity in technique than in the rest of the picture. Georges Braque

I hate dates. I sit at home all day, and I don't fart once. I go on a date and I've got twenty in the bank straight away. Carl Barron

As long as we rule India, we are the greatest power in the world. If we lose it, we shall drop straight away to a third-rate Power. George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

I was positively stunned and have straight away become a votary of Mathura art to the exclusion of all the other and later schools. Amrita Sher-Gil

If Woody Allen called me, I'd be there straight away. Who wouldn't? Truly. Julie Delpy

In circumstances of real tragedy you see things straight away...past, present, and future together. Louis-Ferdinand Céline

Close letter words and terms

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