What does straightly mean?
Straightly means In a straight manner; without curve or bend..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
In a straight manner; without curve or bend..
[…] I was directing my course towards it, as straightly and as speedily as the windings of a very indifferent road would permit, […]
[W]hẽ the vnclene ſpritꝭ ſawe him⸝ they fell doune before him⸝ and cryed ſayinge: thou arte the ſonne of God: And he ſtreyghtly charged thẽ that they ſhulde not vtter him.
After an hour or so the veil lifted and discovered beneath it fifty horsemen, ravening lions to the sight, in steel armour dight. We observed them straightly, and lo! they were cutters-off of the highway, wild as wild Arabs.
Use straightly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Straightly means In a straight manner; without curve or bend..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] I was directing my course towards it, as straightly and as speedily as the windings of a very indifferent road would permit, […]
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