whitherward

American  

[hwith-er-werd, with-] / ˈʰwɪð ər wərd, ˈwɪð- /

Or whitherwards

adverb

Archaic.

1. toward what place; in what direction.

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whitherward British  

/ ˈwɪðəwəd /

adverb

1. archaic in which direction

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Etymology

Origin of whitherward

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

Example Sentences

We sought where we might serve Thee most usefully, and were together returning to Africa: whitherward being as far as Ostia, my mother departed this life.

From The Confessions of St. Augustine by Pusey, E. B. (Edward Bouverie)

So saying, he stays his footsteps, fain to heed What signs they give, and whitherward their flight.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax

Alas, how, in thy soft-hung Longacre vehicle, of polished leather to the bodily eye, of redtape philosophy, of expediencies, clubroom moralities, Parliamentary majorities to the mind's eye, thou beautifully rollest: but knowest thou whitherward?

From Past and Present by Carlyle, Thomas

They knew not whitherward to turn to pass the night.

From The High History of the Holy Graal by Evans, Sebastian

But all these give Sigurd greeting, and hail him fair and well; And King Giuki saith: "Hail, Sigurd! what tidings wilt thou tell Of thy deeds since yestereven? or whitherward wentst thou?"

From The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs by Morris, William