Straightway vs Openly - What's the difference?
straightway | openly | Related terms |
directly
at once
* 1900 , , (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)
In an open manner, visibly, not covertly.
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, year=2012
, date=April 26
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, title=Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :
, work=The Onion AV Club
Straightway is a related term of openly.
As adverbs the difference between straightway and openly
is that straightway is directly while openly is in an open manner, visibly, not covertly.As a noun straightway
is a straight section of a racetrack.straightway
English
Alternative forms
* straightawayAdverb
(-)- This made her angrier than before, and she blew her silver whistle twice. Straightway a great flock of wild crows came flying toward her, enough to darken the sky.
openly
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- Nevertheless, without openly admitting it, he was devoted to Boxer;
citation, page= , passage=The openly ridiculous plot has The Pirate Captain (Hugh Grant) scheming to win the Pirate Of The Year competition, even though he’s a terrible pirate, far outclassed by rivals voiced by Jeremy Piven and Salma Hayek. }}