whitherward
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of whitherward
Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200; see origin at whither, -ward
Example Sentences
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Duke Ferdinand, Governor of Magdeburg, is now collecting his Column in that neighborhood, chiefly at Halle; whitherward, or on what errand, is profoundly unknown.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 17 by Thomas Carlyle
It behooves us, after all, to point out some of the tallest heads in it; and whitherward, bludgeon in hand, they seem to be swaying and struggling.—Courage, patient reader!
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 03 by Thomas Carlyle
They knew not whitherward to turn to pass the night.
From The High History of the Holy Graal by Sebastian Evans
Whitherward point Hope and prophet-fingers; whitherward, at sun-set, kneel all worshipers of fire; whitherward in mid-ocean, the great whales turn to die; whitherward face all the Moslem dead in Persia; whitherward lie Heaven and Hell!—West,
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Herman Melville
Gone veritably; but whitherward Daun cannot form the least guess.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 19 by Thomas Carlyle
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