elsewhither

[ els-hwith-er, -with-, els-hwith-, -with- ]

adverb

, Archaic.

1. in another direction; toward a different place or goal.

Word History and Origins

Origin of elsewhither¹

before 1000; Middle English elleswhider, Old English elleshwider. See else, whither

Example Sentences

Twenty years are come and gone since he left my home, and went elsewhither; but I will tell you as well as I can recollect.

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Custom might go elsewhither, Mr. Williams might profit as he pleased, but Tom had had enough of bar-keeping for that day.

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If she went to Paris or elsewhither for a few days, everyone in the village felt her absence.

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Eternity: thither, of a truth, not elsewhither, art thou and all things bound!

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Kari said he thought he might go elsewhither on a better journey, but still he would go if that were Njal's counsel.

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