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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We are like people who have lost their memories on the way to a feast, and our steps, in which is only dimly felt the remembrance of a purpose, take us nowhither.
From A Tramp's Sketches by Stephen Graham
But they end in themselves, and lead nowhither.
From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Turgot by John Morley
She went back to the fireside feeling that her probing had brought her nowhither, and that she was only very tired and very depressed.
From Winding Paths by Gertrude Page
No man approaches it to visit him, and he goes nowhither himself.
From In the Days of Chivalry by Evelyn Everett-Green
They have transmitted it nowhither except to their own colonies.
From Castilian Days by John Hay
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