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straightaway(adv.)

1660s, "immediately, at once;" from adverbial phrase, see straight (adv.) + away (adv.); and compare alway(s). As an adjective, "straight forward, without turn or curve," 1874, from straight (adj.1); also later as a noun, "straight stretch of road or track."

该词起源时间:1660年代