Thataway
//ˈðædəˌweɪ// adv
adv ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 That way (usually in terms of physical direction). Southern-US, humorous, not-comparable
"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 . . ."
Example
More examples"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 . . ."
Etymology
From that + way with anaptyxis of [a], see also -a-.
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