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Right away   /raɪt əwˈeɪ/   Listen
adverb
Right  adv.  
1.
In a right manner.
2.
In a right or straight line; directly; hence; straightway; immediately; next; as, he stood right before me; it went right to the mark; he came right out; he followed right after the guide. "Unto Dian's temple goeth she right." "Let thine eyes look right on." "Right across its track there lay, Down in the water, a long reef of gold."
3.
Exactly; just. (Obs. or Colloq.) "Came he right now to sing a raven's note?"
4.
According to the law or will of God; conforming to the standard of truth and justice; righteously; as, to live right; to judge right.
5.
According to any rule of art; correctly. "You with strict discipline instructed right."
6.
According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really; correctly; exactly; as, to tell a story right. "Right at mine own cost." "Right as it were a steed of Lumbardye." "His wounds so smarted that he slept right naught."
7.
In a great degree; very; wholly; unqualifiedly; extremely; highly; as, right humble; right noble; right valiant. "He was not right fat". "For which I should be right sorry." "(I) return those duties back as are right fit." Note: In this sense now chiefly prefixed to titles; as, right honorable; right reverend.
Right honorable, a title given in England to peers and peeresses, to the eldest sons and all daughters of such peers as have rank above viscounts, and to all privy councilors; also, to certain civic officers, as the lord mayor of London, of York, and of Dublin. Note: Right is used in composition with other adverbs, as upright, downright, forthright, etc.
Right along, without cessation; continuously; as, to work right along for several hours. (Colloq. U.S.)
Right away, or Right off, at once; straightway; without delay. (Colloq. U.S.) "We will... shut ourselves up in the office and do the work right off."






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"Right away" Quotes from Famous Books



... year, but he missed that by three years. His whole energy and thought were devoted to improving his estate. He had no notion of art or things of that kind, yet he managed to make his village and its surroundings very beautiful by long years of care. The sleepy place where he lived was right away from the currents of modern life. If you walked over a mile of moorland, then through five miles of deep wood, where splendid elms and fine beeches made shade for you, you would come at last to some rising ground, and, if you waited, you might see far away the trailing smoke of a ...
— The Romance of the Coast • James Runciman

... with joy over the prospect of a baby, what on earth must it be to the poor girls who have every reason to hate it. And she looked at me rather oddly, and said: 'Ah, I know what that is!' Of course I guessed right away what she meant, and I said: 'Annie—not really!' And she said: 'Oh, yes, that was what started my illness. I had been so almost crazy—so blue and lonesome, and so sick with horror at the whole thing, that it all happened too soon, the day after ...
— The Beloved Woman • Kathleen Norris

... without more delay than was necessary; and Ralph Oddington's firm had been retained by a corporation seeking protection against assaults of the Attorney-General's office, and he was wanted in the city at his "earliest convenience," which he had interpreted as meaning "right away." ...
— Dan Merrithew • Lawrence Perry

... answer; but she may have read an answer in my eyes. She passed me just as the singer broke into something new, and entered the music gallery. A shaft of light struck out her figure boldly. I walked round to the second door at the head of the stairs. Right away in the corner was Mademoiselle, and by her Sir John Barraclough lounged on the sofa, stroking his moustache uneasily. But my eyes lingered on the two not at all, for they were drawn forthwith to another sight which filled me with astonishment. The barriers ...
— Hurricane Island • H. B. Marriott Watson

... soldier was just standing in the open doorway. The dog put Viggo's stiff frozen cap at his feet, whined and cried, jumped up on the old man, held on to his coat and dragged him toward the ice. Hans understood right away what was the matter, snatched a rope and ran toward the lake, and in no time he stood by the hole. He threw the rope to Viggo, who had begun to grow stiff from the icy bath, and pulled ...
— Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) - Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales • Various


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