whithersoever

[hwith-er-soh-ev-er, with-]

conjunction

Archaic.

1. to whatsoever place.

whithersoever

/ ˌwɪðəsəʊˈɛvə /

adverb

1. archaic,  to whichever place

Word History and Origins

Origin of whithersoever¹

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English, equivalent to whitherso “whithersoever” ( Old English swā hwider swā ) + ever ever

Example Sentences

Proverb 21: “The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.”

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James A. Garfield in 1881: Proverbs 21:1 “The king’s heart is in the hand of the lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.”

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And the wild winds of fortune will carry me onward, Oh whithersoever they blow ...

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In the spirit of Plato’s Laws, he followed the argument whithersoever it led.

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Therefore he nursed no illusions; would not say that he knew when he did not or could not know, and bidding us follow the evidence whithersoever it leads us, remains the surest-footed guide of our time.

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