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- adverb rare, literally To here and to there.
- adverb figuratively In a
disorderly manner.
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- adverb from one place or situation to another
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bilby commented on the word hither and thither
Mimes, in the form of God on high,
Mutter and mumble low,
And hither and thither fly;
Mere puppets they, who come and go
At bidding of vast formless things
That shift the scenery to and fro,
Flapping from out their condor wings
Invisible Woe.
- Edgar A. Poe, 'The Conqueror Worm'.
October 26, 2009