1. Without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
   "he answered right away";
   - immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly, now, at once, forthwith, like a shot [informal], right now, right off the bat [N. Amer, informal], instantaneously, outright, in a flash, tout de suite
    
2. At once (usually modifies an undesirable occurrence)
   "The milk spoiled right away in the heat";
   - promptly

See also: then and there