straight

Meanings

Adjective

Adverb

  • Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
  • Directly; without pause, delay or detour.
  • Continuously; without interruption or pause.
  • Of speech or information, without prevarication or holding back; directly; straightforwardly; plainly.

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Origin

  • From Middle English streight, streght, streiȝt, the past participle of strecchen, from Old English streċċan (past participle ġestreaht, ġestreht), from Proto-West Germanic *strakkjan. Doublet of straught.

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