# that way

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/that-way
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

Gay; homosexual.

## Examples

- I did not know he was that way.
- She told me she was that way, but I had never suspected it before.
- He kept his personal life private for years, never openly admitting he was that way to his conservative family.

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