Meaning

(literary or archaic) To this place, to here..

Definitions by Sense

1. (literary or archaic) To this place, to here.
2. over here
3. (archaic) On this side; the nearer.
4. only used in the phrase hither and thither

Example Sentences

He went hither and thither.

SATURNINUS: Go fetch them hither to us presently. TITUS: Why, there they are, both baked in that pie, Whereof their mother daintily hath fed, Eating the flesh that she herself hath bred.

Unto her handmaid she cried, "Go fetch my gold harp hither to me, Sir Thynnè, I'll draw to my side."

But the road left the river again; there were certainly twistings and turnings, as the old woman had said, for at one moment it wound hither and the next thither, and at some places it was almost imperceptible.

"How now, you scullions and cullions: bring hither a pair of cow's hooves to out face this contumelious caitiff."

The essential Not-self could be perceived very clearly in things and in living creatures on the hither side of good and evil.

Word Forms

• hithers
• hithering
• hithered

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When Should You Use Hither?

Use hither when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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