thataway
Americanadverb
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in or toward the direction pointed out.
The outlaws went thataway when they rode out of town.
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in the manner indicated.
You'll get an electric shock if you do it thataway.
Etymology
Origin of thataway
1830–40, alteration of that way
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
They went Piscataway — er, thataway, off for greener pa$ture$ in the Big Ten.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 1, 2022
Whitehead’s own mind has famously gone thataway through nine other books that don’t much resemble one another, but this time he’s hit upon a setup that will stick.
From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2021
It is much too soon, though, to tell if this longstanding law enforcement strategy is truly about to go thataway.
From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2014
Their house was the one with the big wooden sign on the porch—a blue finger pointing thataway.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 9, 2014
"The principal's office is thataway," I said, pointing left.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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