whithersoever

[ hwith-er-soh-ev-er, with- ]

conjunction

, Archaic.

1. to whatsoever place.

whithersoever

/ ˌwɪðəsəʊˈɛvə /

adverb

1. archaic.
   to whichever place

Word History and Origins

Origin of whithersoever¹

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English, equivalent to whitherso “whithersoever” ( Old English swā hwider swā ) + ever ever

Example Sentences

Sailing across the bay to the Chênière Caminada, Edna felt as if she were being borne away from some anchorage which had held her fast, whose chains had been loosening—had snapped the night before when the mystic spirit was abroad, leaving her free to drift whithersoever she chose to set her sails.

From Literature

Well, God’s will be done—whatever it may be, and whithersoever it may lead!

From Literature

Proverb 21: “The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.”

From Time

James A. Garfield in 1881: Proverbs 21:1 “The king’s heart is in the hand of the lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.”

From Time

Sailing across the bay to the Cheniere Caminada, Edna felt as if she were being borne away from some anchorage which had held her fast, whose chains had been loosening—had snapped the night before when the mystic spirit was abroad, leaving her free to drift whithersoever she chose to set her sails.

From Literature