hitherward

American  

[hith-er-werd] / ˈhɪð ər wərd /

Or hitherwards

adverb

1. hither.

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Etymology

Origin of hitherward

before 1100; Middle English, Old English hiderward. See hither, -ward

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Example Sentences

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hitherward

Hæmon, whom Antigone, Robbing herself of life in burying, Against Creon's law, Polynices, Robs of a loved bride—pale, imploring, Waiting her passage, Forth from the palace hitherward comes.

From Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold by Matthew Arnold

Ye are most strong, ye Sons of the icy North, of the far East,—far marching from your rugged Eastern Wildernesses, hitherward from the gray Dawn of Time!

From Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. by Thomas Carlyle

But look, my friends, What female's this, who, like the swift Camilla, On airy step flies hitherward?

From The Indian Princess La Belle Sauvage by Montrose Jonas Moses

Returning American prosperity, however, combined with complete stagnation abroad, set up another hitherward movement of foreign capital which, during the spring and summer of 1909, attained amazing proportions.

From Elements of Foreign Exchange A Foreign Exchange Primer by Franklin Escher

We three, when we had heard of the approach Of the rich caravan, mounted our steeds, And galloped hitherward.

From The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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