1. immediately; without delay

1. a straight section of a road or racetrack

Examples

• I knew straightaway that something was wrong.
• She called her mother straightaway after hearing the news.
• The doctor said he would see me straightaway.
• The race car accelerated down the straightaway.
• There’s a long straightaway before the next curve.
• The highway has several straightaways between the mountains.
• He recognized her voice straightaway on the phone.