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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Here and there, it is true, a debauched-looking man, with pale face, and red sleepy eyes, or a weary, withered girl, like a half-moon in the daylight, straggled somewhither.
From Robert Falconer by George MacDonald
The road leads somewhither, and we follow it step by step.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Alexander Maclaren
You will read and hear that we have another expedition sailing, somewhither in the West Indies.
From Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume I by Horace Walpole
Clearly an Invading Army intended somewhither, England judges too well whither.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 14 by Thomas Carlyle
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
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