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Definition of "straightly" [straight•ly]

  • In a straight manner; without curve or bend. (adverb)
  • Without deviation; directly. (adverb)

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Use "straightly" in a sentence
  • "M.F.K. Fischer explained that she wrote about food because "our three basic needs, for food and security and love, are so mixed and mingled and entwined that we cannot straightly think of one without the others" (The Gastronomical Me)."
  • "As the inimitable M.F.K Fisher once wrote: "It seems to me that our three basic needs, for food and security and love, are so mixed and mingled and entwined that we cannot straightly think of one without the others.""
  • "Graham looked quickly at her, and although she had asked the question of her husband, her head turned to the turn of his head, so that he found her eyes meeting his straightly and squarely in interrogation."
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