Meaning of thataway | Babel Free
ˈðædəˌweɪDefinitions
That way (usually in terms of physical direction).
Southern-US, humorous, not-comparable
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 . . .”
“I sure hope he don't get hisself hurt one of these days, running his mouth thataway.”
“"You'd talk thataway about your own daddy?"”
“"They went thataway," said Daisy, pointing.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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