straightforthadv.adj.

Forms: Also straight forth.

Etymology: straight adj. 9b.

Now rare.

A. adv.

1. Directly in front or onwards.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > a straight course > [adverb]

forth847

righteOE

forthrighta1000

rightlyOE

anonOE

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unswervingly1805

straightforward1809

undeviatingly1812

undeviously1813

slap1829

arrow-straight1831

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 827/1 Strayght forthe afore, tout droyt deuant.

1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. i. f. 5^v To produce a right line finite, straight forth continually.

a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1604) sig. D1^v The streetes straight forth, and pau'd with finest bricke.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. vi. xvii. 124 And this part of the Orientall Indians, which lieth directly streight forth,..containeth 1875 miles.

1830 J. Wright Retrospect i. 27 Straightforth before us rolls the pleasing past.

1850 N. Hawthorne Scarlet Let. x. 156 He seldom, now-a-days, looked straightforth at any object.

2. Immediately, at once.

ΚΠ

1577 J. Grange Golden Aphroditis sig. Civ Who (obeying hir heste) straightfoorth ascended to the Mount Pernassus.

1590 E. Spenser Muiopotmos 325 She smote the ground, the which streight foorth did yield A fruitfull Olyue tree.

1854 H. Miller Schools & Schoolmasters (1858) iii. 41 I quitted the dame's school..; and was transferred straightforth to the grammar school of the parish.

†B. adj.

Straight-shaped. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 30 The Almonde tree in Greeke is called Amygdalè, in Latine Nux longa, a long and straight forth kinde of Nutte.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	straightforth
释义	straightforthadv.adj. Forms: Also straight forth. Etymology: straight adj. 9b. Now rare. A. adv. 1. Directly in front or onwards. 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 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 827/1 Strayght forthe afore, tout droyt deuant. 1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. i. f. 5^v To produce a right line finite, straight forth continually. a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1604) sig. D1^v The streetes straight forth, and pau'd with finest bricke. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. vi. xvii. 124 And this part of the Orientall Indians, which lieth directly streight forth,..containeth 1875 miles. 1830 J. Wright Retrospect i. 27 Straightforth before us rolls the pleasing past. 1850 N. Hawthorne Scarlet Let. x. 156 He seldom, now-a-days, looked straightforth at any object. 2. Immediately, at once. ΚΠ 1577 J. Grange Golden Aphroditis sig. Civ Who (obeying hir heste) straightfoorth ascended to the Mount Pernassus. 1590 E. Spenser Muiopotmos 325 She smote the ground, the which streight foorth did yield A fruitfull Olyue tree. 1854 H. Miller Schools & Schoolmasters (1858) iii. 41 I quitted the dame's school..; and was transferred straightforth to the grammar school of the parish. †B. adj. Straight-shaped. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 30 The Almonde tree in Greeke is called Amygdalè, in Latine Nux longa, a long and straight forth kinde of Nutte. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adv.adj.1530
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