Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

thitherto

[thith-er-too, th ith-, thith -er-too, th ith -]
adverb
  1. up to that time; until then.
Show More

Origin of thitherto

First recorded in 1400–50, thitherto is from the late Middle English word thidir to. See thither, to
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for thitherto

Historical Examples

  • Thitherto he had been able to devote a large portion of the time not given to official duties to his friend.

    The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume III (of 3)

    Alexander Wheelock Thayer

  • Six years later the 2d was to receive the much-desired number which had thitherto belonged to the 1st.

  • Josiah had to stand the hectoring and nagging that thitherto had been distributed among many.

British Dictionary definitions for thitherto

thitherto

adverb
  1. obsolete, or formal until that time
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012