straightaway
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- straight derivation
Sense 2 adjective
performed with little or no delay
an immediate reply to my letter
Related & opposite
- celerity derivation
- immediateness derivation
- promptness derivation
- fast similar to
Sense 3 adverb
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
he answered immediately
Related & opposite
- immediate derived from
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | straight |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | segment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stretch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | celerity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | immediateness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | promptness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | fast |
| 3 | derived from | Related & opposite | immediate |