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hitherward

or hith·er·wards

[ hith-er-werd ]

/ ˈhɪð ər wərd /

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adverb

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Origin of hitherward

before 1100; Middle English, Old English hiderward.See hither, -ward

Words nearby hitherward

HI test, hither, hither and thither, hithermost, hitherto, hitherward, hit it big, hit it off, Hitler, Hitler, Adolf, Hitlerism

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Example sentences from the Web for hitherward

Every evening, before sunset, all the fashionable world of Calcutta streams hitherward.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer
I am to face this leviathan Charles, who will presently swim hitherward, cleaving the deep before him.
Quentin Durward|Sir Walter Scott
Steer hitherward thy boat; I will direct thee where to land.
The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson|Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre Sturleson
See yonder huge bull-alligator swimming hitherward out of the swamp.
Bonaventure|George Washington Cable

Back, thou wretch, to meet thy brother miscreants, who are hastening hitherward.
Anne of Geierstein, Volume I (of 2)|Sir Walter Scott

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