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Webster 1913 Edition

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.

adv.

[straight and way.] Immediately; without loss of time; without delay.

He took the damsel by the hand, and said to her, Talitha cumi--and straightway the damsel arose. Mark 5. [Straightways is obsolete.]