nowhither

[ noh-hwith-er, -with- ]

adverb

1. to no place; nowhere:

   paths leading nowhither.

nowhither

/ ˈnəʊˌwɪðə /

adverb

1. archaic.
   to no place; to nowhere

Word History and Origins

Origin of nowhither¹

before 900; Middle English nohwider, Old English nāhwider. See no ¹, whither

Word History and Origins

Origin of nowhither¹

Old English nāhwider. See neither

Example Sentences

"I know very well, thou cat, that thou goest nowhither where there is trouble, but thou dost ferret out where a fat booty lies hidden, and thou leadest our Spahis on the track of it, wherefore they give thee also a portion of it; so answer me at once whom thou art wont to visit at night, as otherwise I shall open a hole in thy head."

From Project Gutenberg

Connected by innumerable ties with abstract science, Physiology is yet in the most intimate relation with humanity; and by teaching us that law and order, and a definite scheme of development, regulate even the strangest and wildest manifestations of individual life, she prepares the student to look for a coal even amidst the erratic wanderings of mankind, and to believe that history offers something more than an entertaining chaos—a journal of a toilsome, tragi-comic march nowhither.

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"From nowhither!" cried Apafi furiously, smashing his glass to pieces on the table.

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"Then, although my right is as clear as noon-day, I can turn nowhither?"

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Tardoná was a corner of the earth whither no visitor ever came, and where the inhabitants themselves went nowhither.

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