whitherward

or whith·er·wards

[ hwith-er-werd, with- ]

adverb

, Archaic.

1. toward what place; in what direction.

whitherward

/ ˈwɪðəwəd /

adverb

1. archaic.
   in which direction

Word History and Origins

Origin of whitherward¹

Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200; whither, -ward

Example Sentences

I felt him directing my looks to what I beheld, shaping my thoughts whitherward they went; but it pleased him to remain invisible.

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Messire, whitherward is the stable?

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So he pursued his way till night descended upon him, and still he drove ever forward, he knew not whitherward.

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And so Marat, People's-friend, is ended; the lone Stylites has got hurled down suddenly from his pillar—whitherward He that made him knows.

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Your own mind, in common with the sages of all time, long brooded over the idea, and oftentimes have you exclaimed, in agony and dismay—Whitherward!

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