hitherward

or hith·er·wards

[ hith-er-werd ]

adverb

1. hither.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hitherward¹

before 1100; Middle English, Old English hiderward. See hither, -ward

Example Sentences

I sent the two ladies from Fremicourt on to Hesdin, under the escort of the man and the page, and rode on hitherward myself, till my horse would go no farther.

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A Voice He runs hitherward from the gate, and he reels like a drunken man from weariness.

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The fountain of Trevi draws its precious water from a source far beyond the walls, whence it flows hitherward through old subterranean aqueducts, and sparkles forth as pure as the virgin who first led Agrippa to its well-springs by her father's door.

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"Ha, art thou there, my mountain-daisy?" said the queen, looking kindly upon her,—"order lights, and send back the flock of tire-women my silly whistle has brought trooping hitherward—no hands but thine shall robe me to night."

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She cannot, if she would, check the tide which bears them hitherward; no defences are possible, on our vast extent of shore, that can preclude their ingress.

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