1. Without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
   "found an answer straightaway";
   - immediately, instantly, straight off, directly, now, right away, at once, forthwith, like a shot [informal], right now, right off the bat [N. Amer, informal], instantaneously, outright, in a flash, tout de suite

1. Performed with little or no delay
   "a straightaway denial";
   - immediate, prompt, quick

1. A straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
   "The car accelerated rapidly on the straightaway";
   - straight

Derived forms: straightaways

See also: fast, then and there

Type of: section, segment

Encyclopedia: Straightaway