thitherto

[ thith-er-too, thith-, thith-er-too, thith- ]

adverb

1. up to that time; until then.

thitherto

/ ˌðɪðəˈtuː; ˈðɪðəˌtuː /

adverb

1. obsolete.
   until that time

Word History and Origins

Origin of thitherto¹

First recorded in 1400–50, thitherto is from late Middle English thidir to. See thither, to

Example Sentences

What had thitherto been the primary means of visual representation reacted variously.

From The Guardian

The reclusive Cornelius, who had thitherto felt his pathological solitude strangely comforted by his possession of the secret cache of art, found himself become an international cause célèbre.

From Economist

He was thinner, smiled less than formerly, and took for granted much which had thitherto excited his eager comment, his amusement, or his dislike.

From Project Gutenberg

The earlier "Spiessb�rgertum" of which Miss Fay gives such entertaining glimpses even in high quarters with their pomp and circumstance, was rapidly being replaced, at least outwardly, by the more cosmopolitan culture of the fin de si�cle, not to mention the ambition for political, industrial and commercial "Weltmacht" in a nation thitherto known, perhaps too romantically, as a nation of "Denker und Dichter."

From Project Gutenberg

All his appointments, from his coats to his cigar-case, were extremely elegant, testifying to a degree of fastidiousness thitherto quite unknown in Komaritz.

From Project Gutenberg