Straight(a.) A variant of Strait, a.
Straight(adv.) In a straight manner; directly; rightly; forthwith; immediately; as, the arrow went straight to the mark.
Straight(n.) A hand of five cards in consecutive order as to value; a sequence. When they are of one suit, it is calles straight flush.
Straight(superl.) Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one point to another by the nearest course; direct; not deviating or crooked; as, a straight line or course; a straight piece of timber.
Straight(superl.) Approximately straight; not much curved; as, straight ribs are such as pass from the base of a leaf to the apex, with a small curve.
Straight(superl.) Composed of cards which constitute a regular sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush.
Straight(superl.) Conforming to justice and rectitude; not deviating from truth or fairness; upright; as, straight dealing.
Straight(superl.) Unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor straight.
Straight(superl.) Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party; as, a straight Republican; a straight Democrat; also, containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a party and no others; as, a straight ballot.
Straight(v. t.) To straighten.
Straighted(imp. & p. p.) of Straighten
Straighting(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Straighten
Straightly(adv.) In a right line; not crookedly.
Straightly(adv.) A variant of Straitly. See 1st Straight.
Straightness(n.) The quality, condition, or state, of being straight; as, the straightness of a path.
Straightness(n.) A variant of Straitness.
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