Plunged straightway to the rocks below. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
straightway the clouds began to scatter. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The word straightway means immediately; that is, as soon as the fragments were gathered up. From Wordnik.com. [Barnes New Testament Notes] Reference
Give it me again of thy grace, and tell me thy name straightway, that I may give thee a strangers gift, wherein thou mayest be glad. From Wordnik.com. [Book IX] Reference
"Give me more," he cried, "and tell me thy name straightway, that I may give thee a gift. From Wordnik.com. [Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12)] Reference
Mark uses here again his favourite 'straightway' to express the swift disappearance of the seed. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark] Reference
We need to get our Lord's "straightway" into our life, so that we shall hasten from duty to duty, without pause or idle lingering. From Wordnik.com. [Making the Most of Life] Reference
'"Give it me again of thy grace, and tell me thy name straightway, that I may give thee a stranger's gift, wherein thou mayest be glad. From Wordnik.com. [The Odyssey] Reference
But straightway tell the story -- as I said before. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Hanging Fork and Other Poems] Reference
The new-born kids, and straightway bind their mouths. From Wordnik.com. [The Georgics] Reference
You write, and you want a reply, and you want it straightway. From Wordnik.com. [The Life Radiant] Reference
He had straightway followed the boy, and discovered the stranger. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
The children straightway formed in line, boys first, girls behind. From Wordnik.com. [Little Bear at Work and at Play] Reference
The half-breeds straightway began to prepare for action, after the. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
"We sauntered off, and straightway looked up a recruiting station.". From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls in Army Service Or, doing their bit for the soldier boys] Reference
But he went straightway to the Viscount of the place, and thus addressed him. From Wordnik.com. [Aucassin and Nicolette translated from the Old French] Reference
Barton assumed the alias of Tom, which was straightway metamorphosed into ` Tomma. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Island Home] Reference
With the merest inclination of her head to both of us she straightway left the room. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
But I pocketed the disappointment along with the money and went straightway to the menagerie. From Wordnik.com. [Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers] Reference
And straightway the dull ears grew long, pointed, and furry, and they turned this way and that. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
Your repeated letters came -- I read them, then straightway forgot that they should be answered. From Wordnik.com. [Letters of a Dakota Divorcee] Reference
And seeing him, straightway the spirit rent him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. From Wordnik.com. [The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The common English version, corrected by the final committee of the American Bible Union.] Reference
Can we doubt that the First Order and its electors would be straightway boycotted out of existence?. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
Peace's face fell, but she offered no objections to the plan, and Gail straightway forgot all about it. From Wordnik.com. [At the Little Brown House] Reference
Mackenzie would straightway throw into Loch Roag the man who should offer to carry away Sheila from him?. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873] Reference
I make you an avowal of my love, and, straightway, you ask me to act as chorus to the love of another. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
Then straightway they all forgot to question where she had been or to rebuke her that she had been at all. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia Schuyler] Reference
The king replied: "If that is true, you shall be queen; if not, you shall die," and straightway he married her. From Wordnik.com. [Italian Popular Tales] Reference
And straightway he humped himself up and moved, and sent the little figs flying, -- and his back showed through. From Wordnik.com. [Stories to Tell to Children] Reference
So straightway he built a hut by the swift stream, and cut a stout staff to steady his steps when the river roared high. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Stories for the Story-teller] Reference
"I can't believe in you until I am assured that you will go to bed straightway, and swallow every bit of the wine I shall send up to you.". From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
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