somewhither
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of somewhither
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at some, whither
Example Sentences
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Public Accuser in the Paris Department, acknowledged highpriest of the Jacobins; the glass of incorruptible thin Patriotism, for his narrow emphasis is loved of all the narrow,—this man seems to be rising, somewhither?
From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
He puts the to him all-important question, ‘What direction must I steer for my safety?’ and he receives in answer, ‘Oh, we are borne along somewhither!’
From Lectures on Russian Literature Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenef, Tolstoy by Ivan Panin
Then he felt himself so small, so timid that he could have run away somewhither, away from the gaping eyes of his future obligations....
From Majesty A Novel by Louis Couperus
In the spring, when ships sailed from land to land, Gunnlaug prayed King Ethelred for leave to sail somewhither; the king asks what he was about then.
From The Story Of Gunnlaug The Worm-Tongue And Raven The Skald 1875 by William Morris
And the fox turned up from somewhither and said to him: “Whither away, little Kuz’ma?”—“I go a-hunting, little fox!”
From Russian Fairy Tales From the Skazki of Polevoi by R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet) Bain
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