straightaway
adverb/ˈstreɪtəˌweɪ/
Frequency rank: #18,112 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
immediately; without delay
Example sentence
The doctor told him to go to the hospital straightaway.
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