Talk:straightway

"Directly" is ambiguous

I think this should be merged, i.e. "directly, at once"; I don't think it's a separate sense like "in a direct straight line". However, we have translations for "directly", so those would need sorting out first. Equinox ◑ 05:35, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

@Equinox:

2. by a direct route 
Microsoft® Encarta® 2009

--Backinstadiums (talk) 16:11, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

RFV discussion: September–November 2020

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straightway

1. At once; immediately; forthwith.
2. Directly.

Request verification that sense #2 exists separately from #1, and if so, clarification in the definition of what other meaning of "directly" is intended. Previously raised at Wiktionary:Tea_room/2020/September#straightway. Mihia (talk) 16:34, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

To copy over the relevant portion of my comment in the Tea Room, I see a few book hits for google books:"located straightway" in Indian English, which suggests this could be intending a spatial meaning of "directly", but without more citations it's hard to be sure those few aren't just typos. - -sche (discuss) 19:49, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

cited. Kiwima (talk) 02:15, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 21:18, 7 November 2020 (UTC)