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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Does a ship sail to its destination no better than a log drifts nowhither?
From Man and Superman by Bernard Shaw
Nokes first walked off, sloping out from the veranda in a half-shy, half-cunning manner, looking nowhither, and saying a word to no one.
From Harry Heathcote of Gangoil by Anthony Trollope
No man approaches it to visit him, and he goes nowhither himself.
From In the Days of Chivalry by Evelyn Everett-Green
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 George MacDonald
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
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