hitherward

American  

[hith-er-werd] / ˈhɪð ər wərd /

Or hitherwards

adverb

1. hither.

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Etymology

Origin of hitherward

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

Example Sentences

A little before you came hitherward, there arrived at this place a knight riding without a shield and seated upon a white mule.

From The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions by Pyle, Howard

Lieutenant Junkins, of Jackson's Staff, losing his way, Sergeant Day and an Indiana Corporal beckoned to him to come hitherward.

From The history of Company C, Seventh Regiment, O.V.I by Wilder, Theodore

But look, my friends, What female's this, who, like the swift Camilla, On airy step flies hitherward?

From The Indian Princess La Belle Sauvage by Moses, Montrose Jonas

We three, when we had heard of the approach Of the rich caravan, mounted our steeds, And galloped hitherward.

From The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise by Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim

She cannot, if she would, check the tide which bears them hitherward; no defences are possible, on our vast extent of shore, that can preclude their ingress.

From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Fuller, Margaret