whitherward

or whith·er·wards

[ hwith -er-werd, with - ]

/ ˈʰwɪð ər wərd, ˈwɪð- /

adverb Archaic.

toward what place; in what direction.

Nearby words

whitey, whitgift, whither, whither thou goest, i will go, whithersoever, whitherward, whiting, whitish, whitlam, whitleather, whitley bay

Origin of whitherward

Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200; see origin at whither, -ward

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Examples from the Web for whitherward

Then said Hallblithe: “Wilt thou have me row, for I wot not whitherward to steer?”
The Story of the Glittering Plain|William Morris
So he pursued his way till night descended upon him, and still he drove ever forward, he knew not whitherward.
The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions|Howard Pyle
Consider well, I beseech you, whitherward these speculations tend.
Letters of John Calvin, Volume I (of 4)|Jules Bonnet
We know now, after nearly a hundred years of trial, what that issue in the main is, and whitherward it still tends.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, October, 1864|Various

Cast forth it will be; it must, or we are tending, at all moments, whitherward I do not like to name.
Latter-Day Pamphlets|Thomas Carlyle

British Dictionary definitions for whitherward

whitherward

/ (ˈwɪðəwəd) /

adverb

archaic, or poetic in which direction

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