whithersoever
Americanconjunction
adverb
Etymology
Origin of whithersoever
First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English, equivalent to whitherso “whithersoever” ( Old English swā hwider swā ) + ever ever
Example Sentences
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And the wild winds of fortune will carry me onward, Oh whithersoever they blow ...
From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2012
Americans, he believed, should go wherever they wanted to go, although he said so in a potentially tongue-tying sentence: "Let us go on whithersoever our destiny may lead us."
From Salon • Feb. 21, 2011
Well, God’s will be done—whatever it may be, and whithersoever it may lead!
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
I had vowed to follow my husband whithersoever he went; but vow or no vow I felt it was impossible, and I spoke out.
From The Heart of Denise and Other Tales by Levett-Yeats, S. (Sidney)
The Saxons therefore fled whithersoever their consternation hurried them, some to the cities, some to the woods upon the hills, and others to their ships.
From Old English Chronicles by Various
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