Definition of "straightway" [straight•way]

• In a direct course: plunged straightway to the rocks below. (adverb)
• Without delay; at once: Straightway a storm began to brew. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Here was adventure, something to do with head and hand, a world to conquer — and straightway from the back of his consciousness rushed the thought, CONQUERING, TO WIN TO HER, THAT"
• "The word straightway means immediately; that is, as soon as the fragments were gathered up."
• "Here was adventure, something to do with head and hand, a world to conquer - and straightway from the back of his consciousness rushed the thought, CONQUERING, TO WIN TO HER, THAT"