straights

as inright
as inrightness
as invirtuousness
as ingood

Synonyms for straights

noun justice, morality

Antonyms for straights

Word Origin & History

mid-14c., "direct, undeviating, not crooked," properly "that which is stretched," adjectival use of Old English streht (altered, by analogy with streccan, from earlier streaht), past participle of streccan "to stretch" (see stretch (v.)). Meaning "true, direct, honest" is from 1520s. Of communication, "clear, unambiguous," from 1862. Sense of "undiluted, uncompromising" (e.g. straight whiskey, 1874) is American English, first recorded 1856.

Theatrical sense of "serious" (as opposed to popular or comic) is attested from 1895; vaudeville slang straight man first attested 1923. Go straight in the underworld slang sense is from 1919; straighten up "become respectable" is from 1907. Straight arrow "decent, conventional person" is 1969, from archetypal Native American brave name. To keep a straight face first recorded 1897; straight shooter is from 1928; straight-edge as a punk subculture is attested by 1987.

Example Sentences for straights

I think we will meet the Marietta in the Straights of Magellan.

Noo, Beenie Walkinshaw, said she, I maun put you to the straights o a question.

The cross of two straights is the pole of the join of their poles.

And I tell you he can see as straights ever, even if he is blind.

It is an Empire in these straights that turns to America, through Ireland, to save it.

"And there's straights that is on the crook," interposed Jim.

They abound most along coasts, in straights and bays, and are seldom caught in water more than forty or fifty fathoms in depth.

During the remodeling, the Straights lived in the spring house, which they called “The Cottage.”

During the years the Straights lived at the farm, farming operations consisted of the raising of Hereford cattle.

Its date of construction is not certain, but it is known to have been present when the Straights acquired the farm in 1942.