Thisaway
//ˈðɪsəweɪ// adv
adv ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 This way (in terms of physical direction as well as manner). Southern-US, humorous, not-comparable
""It was thisaway, mister; yes, sir; listen: I was camped in the ravine, an' all to wunst I seen the flare of the fire an' I run over there; but 'twas too late--the roof had fell in an' the pore feller must 'a' been cooked alive."
Example
More examples""It was thisaway, mister; yes, sir; listen: I was camped in the ravine, an' all to wunst I seen the flare of the fire an' I run over there; but 'twas too late--the roof had fell in an' the pore feller must 'a' been cooked alive."
Etymology
From this + way with anaptyxis of [a], see also -a-.
More for "thisaway"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.