thataway

adv

Etymology: From that + way with anaptyxis of [a], see also -a-.

1. That way (usually in terms of physical direction).

   “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.”