a Straight or direct;--as a road, a row or line: also straight and erect;--as a person, tree, column. 2 Straightforward, direct, plain, plump, blunt;--as a reply, a charge, abuse &c. 3 a & ad Headlong on or in; straightways and wilfully; (with the import and emphasis of such words as) outright, downright, desperately, altogether, utterly, and with application to spirit-drinking, drug-eating, wenching, gambling, and low practices or evil habits generally. Pr.
a Straight or direct;--as a road, a row or line: also straight and erect;--as a person, tree, column. 2 Straightforward, direct, plain, plump, blunt;--as a reply, a charge, abuse &c. 3 a & ad Headlong on or in; straightways and wilfully; (with the import and emphasis of such words as) outright, downright, desperately, altogether, utterly, and with application to spirit-drinking, drug-eating, wenching, gambling, and low practices or evil habits generally. Pr.