STRAIGHTAWAYS Synonyms

• without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening

• having no intervening medium

• of the present time and place

• very close or connected in space or time

• immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect

• performed with little or no delay

• without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening

• near or close by

• bearing an immediate relation

• without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening

• without any delay

• the momentary present

• in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

• in these times

• used to preface a command or reproof or request

• at the present moment

• without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening

• (prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity

• in the immediate past

• a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)

• (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command

• according to schedule or without delay; on time

• ready and willing or quick to act

• performed with little or no delay

• give an incentive for action

• serve as the inciting cause of

• assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned

• any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)

• with little or no delay

• accomplished rapidly and without delay

• hurried and brief

• moving quickly and lightly

• apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity

• performed with little or no delay

• easily aroused or excited

• having no deviations

• (of hair) having no waves or curls

• characterized by honesty and fairness

• no longer coiled

• free from curves or angles

• a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex

• a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)

• a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse

• without deviation

• in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly

• in a straight line; in a direct course

• successive (without a break)

• erect in posture

• in keeping with the facts

• neatly arranged; not disorderly

• not homosexual

• accurately fitted; level

• without evasion or compromise

• (of an alcoholic drink) without water

• following a correct or logical method

• rigidly conventional or old-fashioned

• without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening

• simultaneously

• without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening

• without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening

• at once (usually modifies an undesirable occurrence)

• without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening