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Straight

adverb

1.

Without deviation. Synonyms: direct, directly. "Went direct to the office"

2.

In a forthright manner; candidly or frankly. Synonyms: directly, flat. "Told me straight out" , "Came out flat for less work and more pay"

3.

In a straight line; in a direct course.

adjective

1.

Successive (without a break). Synonym: consecutive.

2.

Having no deviations. "Straight roads across the desert" , "Straight teeth" , "Straight shoulders"

3.

(of hair) having no waves or curls.

4.

Erect in posture. Synonyms: unbent, unbowed. "Stood defiantly with unbowed back"

5.

In keeping with the facts. "Made sure the facts were straight in the report"

6.

Characterized by honesty and fairness. Synonym: square. "A square deal"

7.

No longer coiled. Synonym: uncoiled.

8.

Free from curves or angles.

9.

Neatly arranged; not disorderly.

10.

Not homosexual.

11.

Accurately fitted; level. Synonym: true.

12.

Without evasion or compromise. Synonyms: square, straightforward. "He is not being as straightforward as it appears"

13.

Without water. Synonyms: full-strength, neat.

14.

Following a correct or logical method.

15.

Rigidly conventional or old-fashioned. Synonym: square.

noun

1.

A heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex. Synonyms: heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight person.

2.

A poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit).

3.

A straight segment of a roadway or racecourse. Synonym: straightaway.

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"Straight" Quotes from Famous Books

... Straight for the drive to the castle Nat directed the machine, and by the time the old broken-down steps of the once spacious porch were reached, even Tavia was glad to jump out of the Fire Bird and get her breath in a secluded part ...

— Dorothy Dale's Queer Holidays • Margaret Penrose

... visitor once more looked me straight in the face, and as he did so he seemed to grow perplexed and disappointed. As I gazed at him my contentment, too, seemed to be slowly melting away. Five minutes before I had felt the most comfortable bourgeois in the world. There seemed nothing ...

— Prose Fancies • Richard Le Gallienne

... "we understand one another. But it won't do to stay palaverin hyar any longer. Let's go up to my bedroom. We'll be safe there; and I've got a bottle of whisky, the best stuff for a nightcap. Over that we can talk things straight, without any one havin' the chance to set them ...

— The Death Shot - A Story Retold • Mayne Reid

... opened the door, and bade me enter a small closet. He then put a large iron ring over my head, and pressed it down upon my shoulders. Heavy weights were placed in my hands, and I was told to stand up straight, and hold them fifteen minutes. This I could not do. Had my life depended upon the effort, I could not have stood erect, with those weights in my hands. The priest, however, did not reprove me. Perhaps he saw that I exerted all my strength to obey, for he took out his watch, and ...

— Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal • Sarah J Richardson

... night when Stanley arrived in Paris. "I went straight to the 'Grand Hotel,'" he says, "and knocked at the door ...

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