thataway
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9.1
In that direction toward the place just pointed to
- adverb
- Informal
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por allí
- The first time I took my partner to Shasta for a vacation, there had been a storm and low clouds hid the mountain: "You say there's a giant volcano 10 miles thataway?"
- going thataway
Examples
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First he went thisaway, then he went thataway, and look where we are now.
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How do you feel about rabbits, cos one just went thataway.
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This lady says you'd be 35 miles back thataway.
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The restaurant is two blocks thataway to the east.
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If you walk straight thataway, you'll find the park.
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The store is thataway, just past the traffic lights.
Synonyms
1
9.9
Toward that place or direction
is the informal everyday alternative rather than archaic or literary usage
Surface Forms
thataway positive
Morphology
Etymology
The word thataway is an informal blend of that and away, a quick way to say 'in that direction' when you point or give simple directions. So using thataway is the casual form of 'that way' and means the same thing.