What is "right away"

Right \Right\, adv.

1. In a right manner.

2. In a right or straight line; directly; hence; straightway; immediately; next; as, he stood right before me; it went right to the mark; he came right out; he followed right after the guide.

   Unto Dian's temple goeth she right.
   --Chaucer.

   Let thine eyes look right on.
   --Prov. iv. 25.

   Right across its track there lay, Down in the water, a long reef of gold.
   --Tennyson.

3. Exactly; just. [Obs. or Colloq.]

   Came he right now to sing a raven's note?
   --Shak.

4. According to the law or will of God; conforming to the standard of truth and justice; righteously; as, to live right; to judge right.

5. According to any rule of art; correctly.

   You with strict discipline instructed right.
   --Roscommon.

6. According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really; correctly; exactly; as, to tell a story right. ``Right at mine own cost.''
   --Chaucer.

   Right as it were a steed of Lumbardye.
   --Chaucer.

   His wounds so smarted that he slept right naught.
   --Fairfax.

7. In a great degree; very; wholly; unqualifiedly; extremely; highly; as, right humble; right noble; right valiant. ``He was not right fat''.
   --Chaucer.

   For which I should be right sorry.
   --Tyndale.

   [I] return those duties back as are right fit.
   --Shak.

   Note: In this sense now chiefly prefixed to titles; as, right honorable; right reverend.

   Right honorable, a title given in England to peers and peeresses, to the eldest sons and all daughters of such peers as have rank above viscounts, and to all privy councilors; also, to certain civic officers, as the lord mayor of London, of York, and of Dublin.

   Note: Right is used in composition with other adverbs, as upright, downright, forthright, etc.

   Right along, without cessation; continuously; as, to work right along for several hours. [Colloq. U.S.]

   Right away, or Right off, at once; straightway; without delay. [Colloq. U.S.] ``We will . . . shut ourselves up in the office and do the work right off.''
   --D. Webster.

adv. (context idiomatic English) Very soon; quickly; immediately.

1. adv. 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!" [syn: immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly, now, at once, forthwith, in real time, like a shot]

2. at once (usually modifies an undesirable occurrence); "he promptly forgot the address" [syn: promptly]