whithersoever
Americanconjunction
adverb
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Origin of whithersoever
First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English, equivalent to whitherso “whithersoever” ( Old English swā hwider swā ) + ever ever
Example Sentences
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Proverb 21: “The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.”
From Time
James A. Garfield in 1881: Proverbs 21:1 “The king’s heart is in the hand of the lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.”
From Time
And the wild winds of fortune will carry me onward, Oh whithersoever they blow ...
From New York Times
In the spirit of Plato’s Laws, he followed the argument whithersoever it led.
From Project Gutenberg
Therefore he nursed no illusions; would not say that he knew when he did not or could not know, and bidding us follow the evidence whithersoever it leads us, remains the surest-footed guide of our time.
From Project Gutenberg
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