thither
Also thith·er·ward [thith-er-werd, thith-], /ˈθɪð ər wərd, ˈðɪð-/, thith·er·wards. to or toward that place or point; there.
on the farther or other side or in the direction away from the person speaking; farther; more remote.
Origin of thither
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How to use thither in a sentence
We've seen Mitt Romney fly thither and yon grasping at excuses not to release his tax returns.
Hugh puffed, his hair flopping hither and thither as the photographers hosed him down.
With arrows and with bows they shall go in thither: for briers and thorns shall be in all the land.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousBlessed are ye that sow upon all waters, sending thither the foot of the ox and the ass.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousAnd not until the secretary arose to call the various charges and who had been sent thither, did he know where he was to go.
The Homesteader | Oscar Micheaux
Upon a high and lofty mountain thou hast laid thy bed, and hast gone up thither to offer victims.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousMonsieur de Tressan was here, as ill-luck would have it, and Gaubert implored him to send soldiers thither to quell the riot.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini
British Dictionary definitions for thither
thitherward (ˈðɪðəwəd)
/ (ˈðɪðə) /
obsolete, or formal to or towards that place; in that direction: the flowers and music which attract people thither
Origin of thither
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with thither
see hither and thither.
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