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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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
After which, the world of enemies, held in the slip so long, will rush in from all the four winds,—unknown whitherward; one must wait to see whitherward and how.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 18 by Thomas Carlyle
We know now, after nearly a hundred years of trial, what that issue in the main is, and whitherward it still tends.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
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 Thomas Carlyle
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 E. B. (Edward Bouverie) Pusey
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