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

But outwards, behold, O Thuriot, how the multitude flows on, welling through every street, tocsin furiously pealing, all drums beating the générale; the suburb Saint-Antoine rolling hitherward wholly as one man!

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII by Various

For her grief moves hitherward, Like an angry sea.

From Medea of Euripedes by Euripedes

Sometimes they rode northward to the main trail in hope of sighting some prairie schooner coming hitherward, but not once that season did the trail hold a human being for them.

From Winning the Wilderness by Marchand, J. N.

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

But soft! what messenger of speed Spurs hitherward his panting steed?

From Lady of the Lake by Moody, William Vaughn