thataway

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Etymology

From that +‎ -a- +‎ way.

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Adverb

thataway (not comparable)

  1. (humorous or dialect) That way (usually in terms of physical direction).
    • 1932, Robert Ormond Case, “A New Design”, in Whispering Valley, Oxford, Oxon: ISIS Publishing Ltd., published 2010, →ISBN, page 239:
      Now there’ll be a jackpot an’ no mistake. I’ll be desperate thataway. Like a hungry hobo locked up in a piehouse. Like a weary pilgrim who hears them pearly gates clang shut behind him . . .
    • 1953, James Baldwin, “The Seventh Day”, in Go Tell It on the Mountain (Penguin Classics), London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN:
      I sure hope he don't get hisself hurt one of these days, running his mouth thataway.
    • 1996, Elmer Kelton, Wagontongue:
      "You'd talk thataway about your own daddy?"
    • 2003, Carola Dunn, Rattle His Bones:
      "They went thataway," said Daisy, pointing.

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