straightway adv 1: at once; "straightway the clouds began to scatter" 2: in a direct course; "plunged straightway to the rocks below"
Straightway \Straight"way`\, adv. Immediately; without loss of time; without delay. [1913 Webster] He took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi. . . . And straightway the damsel arose. --Mark v. 41,42. [1913 Webster]