that way
idiom
1
: in the manner described or suggested
What makes her act that way?
2
: in or into the condition described or suggested
He is a very successful man and it is easy to see how he got that way.
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What’s one of the songs that feels that way?
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Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
There’s really never been a performance like the one Joaquin Phoenix gives as Freddie Quell, a Navy vet who emerges from the war shattered and strange but who may have always been that way.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
And though some nicknames can wear out their welcome with age, McCollough does not feel that way about his.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
Just not a freak that way, sorry.
—Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
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Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
There’s really never been a performance like the one Joaquin Phoenix gives as Freddie Quell, a Navy vet who emerges from the war shattered and strange but who may have always been that way.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
And though some nicknames can wear out their welcome with age, McCollough does not feel that way about his.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
Just not a freak that way, sorry.
—Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
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“That way.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/that%20way. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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