hitherward

or hith·er·wards

[ hith -er-werd ]

/ ˈhɪð ər wərd /

adverb

QUIZZES

CHALLENGE YOURSELF WITH THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL PART OF SPEECH QUIZ!

How well do you know your adjectives from your adverbs? Your preposition from your pronouns? Your interjections from your conjunctions? Let’s put your knowledge of parts of speech to the text! Note: Many of the following questions will ask you to identify the parts of speech “in order.” That means the first word in all capital letters will correspond to the first option in an answer, and so on.

Question 1 of 10

In order, what parts of speech are the words in all capital letters? Alisa was VERY tired, SO she decided to go to bed.

adverb, adverb

adverb, conjunction

adjective, conjunction

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of hitherward

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

Words nearby hitherward

hitchings, hither, hither and thither, hithermost, hitherto, hitherward, hitler, hitler, adolf, hitlerism, hitlerite, hitter

Example sentences from the Web for hitherward

Across the intervening levels the gale races in a straight line from the fort, as if breathed out of it hitherward.
A Changed Man and Other Tales|Thomas Hardy
Hitherward must men who seek the soul of Lincoln turn their eye.
Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits;|Clark S. Beardslee
The meanness and misery on the hitherward bank were like witches, who cannot cross running water.
Catholic World, Vol. XIII, April to September, 1871|Various
I am again on the hitherward shore of the Hundekehlensee, flashing back its diamond smiles at the setting sun.
Europe After 8:15|H. L. Mencken, George Jean Nathan and Willard Huntington Wright

Around that sun fiery comets whirl, planets revolve, and meteors flash, just as they do hitherward.
Tom Clark and His Wife|Paschal Beverly Randolph