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that way

that way adjective: gay; homosexual.

Adjective

that way (not comparable)

  1. (euphemistic, idiomatic) Gay; homosexual.
    Synonyms:
    like that
  2. (idiomatic) Difficult.
    • Not so loud, can't you be still? Aw, gee! Don't be that way now1926, Roy Turk, “Aw, Gee! Don't Be That Way Now”

Adverb

that way (not comparable)

  1. This way; as a result.

that way meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

that way in Hindi

that way
उधर udhar

that way in Tamil

அவ்வழி, அவ்வாறு

that way in Urdu

that way
ادھر udhar

that way in Bengali

সমকামী, কঠিন, এই দিকে
More languagesFewer languages
that way in Malayalam
അങ്ങനെ aṅṅane

Synonyms of that way

Questions about that way

What does that way mean?
That way means gay; homosexual.
What is that way in Hindi?
That way in Hindi is उधर (udhar). See That way meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is that way?
That way can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near that way in the dictionary

  1. that was not the wind
  2. that was that
  3. that was then and this is now
  4. that was then, this is now
  5. that was then; this is now
  6. that way
  7. that way inclined
  8. that way madness lies
  9. that which doesn't kill you makes you stronger
  10. that which has been seen cannot be unseen
  11. that will do

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Adapted from Wiktionary: that way (page history and authors); उधर (Hindi) (page history and authors); that way (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ادھر (Urdu) (page history and authors); that way (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); അങ്ങനെ (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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