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Adjective [English]

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Etymology: From Middle English streight up (“straight, erect, not curved or crooked, direct, honest”), equivalent to straight + up. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|streight up|t=straight, erect, not curved or crooked, direct, honest}} Middle English streight up (“straight, erect, not curved or crooked, direct, honest”), {{af|en|straight|up|nocat=1}} straight + up Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} straight up (not comparable)
  1. Open, frank. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-straight_up-en-adj-cP5eY3OH
  2. Alternative form of straight-up. Tags: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: straight-up
    Sense id: en-straight_up-en-adj-INiwjD26

Adverb [English]

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Etymology: From Middle English streight up (“straight, erect, not curved or crooked, direct, honest”), equivalent to straight + up. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|streight up|t=straight, erect, not curved or crooked, direct, honest}} Middle English streight up (“straight, erect, not curved or crooked, direct, honest”), {{af|en|straight|up|nocat=1}} straight + up Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} straight up (not comparable)
  1. (informal) Truthfully; honestly. Tags: informal, not-comparable
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  2. (informal) Unambiguously; bluntly; plainly and directly. Tags: informal, not-comparable
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  3. (slang, modifying an adjective) To the utmost degree; really. Tags: not-comparable, slang
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  4. Of an alcoholic drink, chilled (stirred or shaken over ice) and strained before being served in a cocktail glass, with no ice. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: up, straight Synonyms (alcoholic drink): up Coordinate_terms (alcoholic drink): neat Translations (drink): frío y / pero sin hielo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-straight_up-en-adv-HvAt0YaM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 1 0 29 7 56 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 0 0 31 4 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 0 0 31 4 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 0 0 31 3 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 0 0 30 6 56 Disambiguation of 'alcoholic drink': 0 0 1 99 Disambiguation of 'alcoholic drink': 0 0 1 99 Disambiguation of 'drink': 0 0 0 100

Alternative forms

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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (d6fca27 and 65e1673). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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