SuaviloquyToday’s word

straightway

Straightway, adv.

Immediately; without loss of time; without delay. He took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi. . . . And straightway the damsel arose. Mark v. 41,42.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for straightway; he lists it under immediately.

He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.