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
Anyone who has ever watched an old Western movie will instantly recognize the first word as referring to men deputized by the sheriff to chase down some varmints who went thataway.
From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2014
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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