arrow-straightadv.adj.
/ˈarə(ʊ)streɪt/, U.S. /ˈɛroʊˌstreɪt/ A. adv.
In a direct or undeviating manner; unswervingly.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > a straight course > [adverb]
forth847
righteOE
forthrighta1000
rightlyOE
anonOE
evenc1300
even-forthc1300
straight13..
streck13..
gainc1330
streckly1340
right fortha1382
straightly1395
evenly?c1400
outrightc1400
straightway1461
endlong1470
fair1490
directly1513
fulla1529
forth on1529
straightforth1530
directedly1539
aright?a1560
direct1568
endways1575
point-blank1607
progressivelya1716
unswervingly1805
straightforward1809
undeviatingly1812
undeviously1813
slap1829
arrow-straight1831
1831 Fraser's Mag. Feb. 16 Who..Arrow-straight his way doth grope?
1874 A. C. Swinburne Bothwell i. i. 9 I fare forth and forward, arrow-straight, Girt for the goal.
1943 Times 28 Apr. 5/6 The Moscow-Minsk highway..running arrow-straight from the capital to the western front.
1991 Internat. Jrnl. Refugee Law 3 374 An alphabetical subject index at the back..leads the reader arrowstraight to particular documents of interest.
2014 J. Hart Skookum Summer xx. 129 A wide, deep saltwater inlet..ran arrow-straight along the eastern slopes of the Olympics.
B. adj.
Direct, undeviating; completely straight.
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the world > space > shape > straightness > [adjective]
rightOE
straightc1350
rightfulc1384
line-rightc1400
rule-righta1450
streckc1480
unbent1483
straight forth1536
unwried1558
steel-straighta1560
untwisted1575
uncurled1597
rectified1598
cornerless1605
uncrooked1611
unbended1648
retent1656
uninflected1713
curveless1800
arrow-straight1834
unconvoluted1839
unwarped1855
curlless1861
undistorted1881
poker-straight1949
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > a straight course > [adjective]
forthrightc1000
rightOE
evenc1175
straightc1400
directa1500
right forth1561
outright1582
ungiddy1615
undeclined1638
forerighta1640
rectilinear1651
right-lined1702
rectilineala1774
arrow-straight1834
straightaway1874
point-to-point1930
1834 N. P. Willis in N.-Y. Mirror 4 Oct. 108/2 A tall, arrow-straight lass of about eighteen.
1867 Round Table 14 Sept. 170/2 Why not a cubical mountain and an arrow-straight river?
1908 Westm. Gaz. 18 Jan. 12/3 Little trains [race] along the arrow-straight embankment.
1974 Compar. Stud. Society & Hist. 16 3 The Romans..built their arrow-straight roads with nearly complete disregard of the natural terrain.
2016 Sunday Times (Nexis) 19 June (Sport section) 15 He opened with two arrow-straight shots and a dead-centre putt.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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