nowhither

American  

[noh-hwith-er, -with-] / ˈnoʊˌʰwɪð ər, -ˌwɪð- /

adverb

1. to no place; nowhere.

   paths leading nowhither.

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nowhither British  

/ ˈnəʊˌwɪðə /

adverb

1. archaic to no place; to nowhere

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Etymology

Origin of nowhither

before 900; Middle English nohwider, Old English nāhwider. See no ¹, whither

Example Sentences

Connected by innumerable ties with abstract science, Physiology is yet in the most intimate relation with humanity; and by teaching us that law and order, and a definite scheme of development, regulate even the strangest and wildest manifestations of individual life, she prepares the student to look for a coal even amidst the erratic wanderings of mankind, and to believe that history offers something more than an entertaining chaos—a journal of a toilsome, tragi-comic march nowhither.

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"Then, although my right is as clear as noon-day, I can turn nowhither?"

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"From nowhither!" cried Apafi furiously, smashing his glass to pieces on the table.

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Tardoná was a corner of the earth whither no visitor ever came, and where the inhabitants themselves went nowhither.

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Yes, it's the same old world; it's a wilderness, you know, for all of us, only there are so many paths through it, across it, and up and down it—paths and trails and roads that cross and recross; so many that end in swamp and bog; so many that lead nowhither; so many that are lost on the mountain.

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