'Right away' definitions:

Definition of 'right away'

From: WordNet
adverb
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, right away, at once, forthwith, like a shot]
adverb
At once (usually modifies an undesirable occurrence); "he promptly forgot the address" [syn: promptly, right away]

Definition of 'Right away'

From: GCIDE
  • Right \Right\, adv.
  • 1. In a right manner. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Unto Dian's temple goeth she right. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • Let thine eyes look right on. --Prov. iv. 25. [1913 Webster]
  • Right across its track there lay, Down in the water, a long reef of gold. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Exactly; just. [Obs. or Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
  • Came he right now to sing a raven's note? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. According to any rule of art; correctly. [1913 Webster]
  • You with strict discipline instructed right. --Roscommon. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really; correctly; exactly; as, to tell a story right. "Right at mine own cost." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • Right as it were a steed of Lumbardye. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • His wounds so smarted that he slept right naught. --Fairfax. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. In a great degree; very; wholly; unqualifiedly; extremely; highly; as, right humble; right noble; right valiant. "He was not right fat". --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • For which I should be right sorry. --Tyndale. [1913 Webster]
  • [I] return those duties back as are right fit. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: In this sense now chiefly prefixed to titles; as, right honorable; right reverend. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Right is used in composition with other adverbs, as upright, downright, forthright, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'right away'

From: Moby Thesaurus