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right away

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly, now, right away, at once, forthwith, like a shotadverb

    without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening

    "he answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"; "Come here now!"

  2. promptly, right awayadverb

    at once (usually modifies an undesirable occurrence)

    "he promptly forgot the address"

Wiktionary

  1. right awayadverb

    Very soon; quickly; immediately.

Wikipedia

  1. right away

    Vinyl Confessions is the eighth studio album by American rock band Kansas, released in 1982 (see 1982 in music). It includes "Play the Game Tonight", which broke the Top 20 and is Kansas's third highest-charting single, surpassed only by "Carry on Wayward Son" and "Dust in the Wind". The album was reissued in remastered format on CD in 1996 on Legacy/Epic and again in 2011.

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  1. right away

    Right away refers to immediate action, without any delay or hesitation. It is often used as an instruction or command in a variety of contexts, indicating that something should be done as soon as possible. It can refer to a specific point in time, such as the present moment, or to a relatively short period of time shortly after the present.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of right away in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of right away in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of right away in a Sentence

  1. Ji Cheol-ho:

    From the moment we woke up, we had to think about how much rice was left in our jar and how much firewood we had, we don't die right away from eating dust, but we do if we don't eat food.

  2. Ruchir Puri:

    I responded pretty much right away.

  3. Brad McLeod:

    Things aren’t likely to change right away, but once you start building that awareness, just like with any other major behavior stuff that’s going on, then you can start to chip away and maybe get more comfortable and you can start to talk to people a little bit more about it.

  4. Pere Valles:

    We were approached by private equity groups initially, but when Vulcan Capital approached us we stopped right away.

  5. Chris Bergin:

    I said Attorney Chris Bergin and Perez'll be there right away.


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