straight
/stɹeɪt/ adverb A1- Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line. · The door will be straight ahead of you.· Go straight back.
- Directly; without pause, delay or detour. · On arriving at work, he went straight to his office.
- Continuously; without interruption or pause. · He claims he can hold his breath for three minutes straight.
- Of speech or information, without prevarication or holding back; directly; straightforwardly; plainly.
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“Sire, I went straight to the Duc de Blacas.”
As for the Scarecrow, having no brains, he walked straight ahead, and so stepped into the holes and fell at full length on the hard bricks.
“‘They aren’t straight,’” answered the other.
But whenever any of us are taken away our joints at once stiffen, and we can only stand straight and look pretty.
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