Synonyms for right away

Grammar : Adv

Spell : rahyt

Phonetic Transcription : raɪt

Définition of right away

Origin : "morally correct," Old English riht "just, good, fair; proper, fitting; straight, not bent, direct, erect," from Proto-Germanic *rekhtaz (cf. Old Frisian riucht "right," Old Saxon reht, Middle Dutch and Dutch recht, Old High German reht, German recht, Old Norse rettr, Gothic raihts), from PIE root *reg- "move in a straight line," also "to rule, to lead straight, to put right" (see regal; cf. Greek orektos "stretched out, upright;" Latin rectus "straight, right;" Old Persian rasta- "straight, right," aršta- "rectitude;" Old Irish recht "law;" Welsh rhaith, Breton reiz "just, righteous, wise").
Cf. slang straight (adj.1) "honest, morally upright," and Latin rectus "right," literally "straight," Lithuanian teisus "right, true," literally "straight." Greek dikaios "just" (in the moral and legal sense) is from dike "custom." As an emphatic, meaning "you are right," it is recorded from 1580s; use as a question meaning "am I not right?" is from 1961. The sense in right whale is "justly entitled to the name." Right stuff "best human ingredients" is from 1848, popularized by Tom Wolfe's 1979 book about the first astronauts. Right of way is attested from 1767. Right angle is from late 14c.

adv at once

Example sentences :

If you had married him you'd 'a' had a position, like they say here, right away.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

Yes, John; you'll have to sell him right away; I'll be frightened to death while he's about the place.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

They are coming down for Billy, right away, and they'll take you and me to the train.
Extract from : « W. A. G.'s Tale » by Margaret Turnbull

If your name were to come out, you would be done, right away.
Extract from : « People of Position » by Stanley Portal Hyatt

Only, send her right away, where you won't be tempted to go and see her.
Extract from : « People of Position » by Stanley Portal Hyatt

Oh, Mr. Cabot, I must pay him back; I must pay him right away.
Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Then they fell upon him and thrashed him soundly, and drove him right away.
Extract from : « Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales » by Anonymous

He turned to me right away and said: "What kind of a place is this, anyway?"
Extract from : « The Altar at Midnight » by Cyril M. Kornbluth

“Take that to her right away and bring me an answer,” he ordered.
Extract from : « The Wall Street Girl » by Frederick Orin Bartlett

Having bought the Pippin, Charles-Norton did not light it right away.
Extract from : « The Trimming of Goosie » by James Hopper

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