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Meaning of thataway | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈðædəˌweɪ

Definitions

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.
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