nowhither
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of nowhither
before 900; Middle English nohwider, Old English nāhwider. See no 1, whither
Example Sentences
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After they had rambled over the lower part of the building, Alec took Kate up a small winding stair, past a succession of empty doorways like eyeless sockets, leading nowhither because the floors had fallen.
From Alec Forbes of Howglen by MacDonald, George
They have transmitted it nowhither except to their own colonies.
From Castilian Days by Hay, John
As the miles were covered he still floundered in a maze of speculation that seemed to lead him nowhither.
From The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country by Cullum, Ridgwell
In this remote corner of Devonshire, on the road nowhither, they had preserved much of the air of that eighteenth century which the elders among them perfectly remembered.
From Father and Son: a study of two temperaments by Gosse, Edmund
No man approaches it to visit him, and he goes nowhither himself.
From In the Days of Chivalry by Everett-Green, Evelyn
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