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Found 3 hits - Term: right away, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
right \right\, adv.
   1. in a right manner.
      1913 webster

   2. in a right or straight line; directly; hence; straightway;
      immediately; next; as, he stood right before me; it went
      right to the mark; he came right out; he followed right
      after the guide.
      1913 webster

            unto dian's temple goeth she right.   --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            let thine eyes look right on.         --prov. iv.
                                                  25.
      1913 webster

            right across its track there lay,
            down in the water, a long reef of gold. --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   3. exactly; just. obs. or colloq.
      1913 webster

            came he right now to sing a raven's note? --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. according to the law or will of god; conforming to the
      standard of truth and justice; righteously; as, to live
      right; to judge right.
      1913 webster

   5. according to any rule of art; correctly.
      1913 webster

            you with strict discipline instructed right.
                                                  --roscommon.
      1913 webster

   6. according to fact or truth; actually; truly; really;
      correctly; exactly; as, to tell a story right. "right at
      mine own cost." --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            right as it were a steed of lumbardye. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            his wounds so smarted that he slept right naught.
                                                  --fairfax.
      1913 webster

   7. in a great degree; very; wholly; unqualifiedly; extremely;
      highly; as, right humble; right noble; right valiant. "he
      was not right fat". --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            for which i should be right sorry.    --tyndale.
      1913 webster

            i return those duties back as are right fit.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   note: in this sense now chiefly prefixed to titles; as, right
         honorable; right reverend.
         1913 webster

   right honorable, a title given in england to peers and
      peeresses, to the eldest sons and all daughters of such
      peers as have rank above viscounts, and to all privy
      councilors; also, to certain civic officers, as the lord
      mayor of london, of york, and of dublin.
      1913 webster

   note: right is used in composition with other adverbs, as
         upright, downright, forthright, etc.
         1913 webster

   right along, without cessation; continuously; as, to work
      right along for several hours. colloq. u.s.

   right away, or right off, at once; straightway; without
      delay. colloq. u.s. "we will . . . shut ourselves up in
      the office and do the work right off." --d. webster.
      1913 webster
see also:
right honorable right along right away right off 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
right away
     adv 1: without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening; "he
            answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway";
            "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended
            forthwith"; "come here now" syn: immediately, instantly,
             straightaway, straight off, directly, now, at
            once, forthwith, in real time, like a shot
     2: at once usually modifies an undesirable occurrence; "he
        promptly forgot the address" syn: promptly
see also:
immediately instantly straightaway straight off directly now 
at once forthwith in real time like a shot promptly 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
46 moby thesaurus words for "right away":
   pdq, all at once, all together, apace, at a blow, at a stroke,
   at once, at one blow, at one jump, at one stroke, at one swoop,
   at one time, decisively, directly, expeditiously, forthwith,
   immediately, in a hurry, in no time, instanter, instantly, now,
   on the instant, on the spot, per saltum, pretty damned quick,
   promptly, pronto, quickly, right now, right off, simultaneously,
   smartly, speedily, straightaway, straightway, subito, summarily,
   swiftly, then and there, this minute, this very minute, uno saltu,
   with all speed, without delay, without further delay





Results 1 - 6 of 6 found about right away:

Away >> A Words
Away, definition of term: Away
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Cast Away >> C Words
Cast Away, definition of term: Cast Away
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Carry Away >> C Words
Carry Away, definition of term: Carry Away
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Blow Away >> B Words
Blow Away, definition of term: Blow Away
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All Right >> A Words
All Right, definition of term: All Right
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Break Away >> B Words
Break Away, definition of term: Break Away
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