Hitherto

/ˌhɪðəˈtuː/ · adverb

Meaning

(formal, also law) Up to this or that time..

Definitions by Sense

1. (formal, also law) Up to this or that time.
2. Up to this place.
3. In speech or writing: up to this point; thus far.
4. (obsolete) Synonym of hereto (“regarding this subject; to achieve this result; to this end”).
5. (archaic) Existing or occurring before now; former, preceding, previous.

Example Sentences

All men att the begynnynge⸝ ſett forth goode wyne⸝ And when men be dronke⸝ then thatt which is worſſe: Butt thou haſt kept backe the goode wyne hetherto.

[T]he greateſt and moſt active part of Mankind, has never hetherto been vvell contented vvith the preſent.

But Charles, as vvell from unvvillingneſs to alienate a province of ſo much value, as from diſguſt at the Pope, vvho had hitherto refuſed to join in the vvar againſt Francis, rejected the propoſal.

The exhaustless conjecturings of that evening's full conversation, made such of the small party, as had hitherto been strangers, well acquainted with each other's turn of mind; […]

The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.

The results of this study argue for a greater endonormativity in Indian English than has hitherto been recognised.

To the best of my recollection, the origin of the Celebration Parallax arose from the need to defend “affirmative action,” a very unpopular policy since its inception. The party line therefore goes like this: People of color must be granted explicit preferences to overcome America’s “legacy of racism” so that we may “diversify” America’s power centers and end white male dominance, a move that—in addition to being necessary to address the country’s inherent racism—improves those institutions by infusing them with different and hitherto neglected points of view. Also, kids of color need “role models” who “look like themselves.”

North of Tain[…], the line reaches the southern shore of Dornoch Firth. Here, the railway and the A9 trunk road, which have hitherto run close together, diverge.

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