thataway

English

Alternative forms

• thattaway

Etymology

that +‎ -a- +‎ way

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.

See also

• thisaway

Anagrams

• Hattaway, whattaya