hitherward
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of hitherward
before 1100; Middle English, Old English hiderward. See hither, -ward
Example Sentences
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Around that sun fiery comets whirl, planets revolve, and meteors flash, just as they do hitherward.
From Tom Clark and His Wife Their Double Dreams, And the Curious Things that Befell Them Therein; Being the Rosicrucian's Story by Randolph, Paschal Beverly
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
Returning American prosperity, however, combined with complete stagnation abroad, set up another hitherward movement of foreign capital which, during the spring and summer of 1909, attained amazing proportions.
From Elements of Foreign Exchange A Foreign Exchange Primer by Escher, Franklin
But soft! what messenger of speed Spurs hitherward his panting steed?
From Lady of the Lake by Moody, William Vaughn
A Voice He runs hitherward from the gate, and he reels like a drunken man from weariness.
From Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes by Zweig, Stefan
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