ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Thitherward

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈðɪðəwəd/ · Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Thitherward is an adverb meaning (archaic) Toward that place.

Meaning

(archaic) Toward that place.

Example Sentences

No more he spake, / But thitherward forthright his ready way did make.
They saw a maid who thitherward did run, / To catch her sparrow which from her did swerve.
The poor woman, who was well aware with such incumbrances she could do nothing with visitors of their rank, eagerly presented a letter from the castle, which had been waiting almost a week, and their horses' heads were in a few minutes turned thitherward, a boy being dispatched from the farm by a near road, to announce their arrival.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include thither-ward, hitherward, hitherwards, thiderward, thither, whitherward.

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