STRAIGHT Copy link • STRAIGHT 1. adj., Not crooked or curved, rectus (opposed to curvus, pravus): directus (in a straight line): libratus (horizontal): erectus (upright; e.g., incessus): aequus, planus (even, level). A straight line, linea directa: a straight road, via recta or directa: straight growth (of a person, tree, etc.), proceritas: to make straight what before was crooked, aliquid corrigere: to make a straight thing crooked, recta prava facere: to become straight, se corrigere. Direct, right, Vid. 2. adverb, recta via: recta: recto itinere: recto.