Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb To or toward that place; in that direction; there.
- adjective Located or being on the more distant side; farther.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To that place: opposed to hither.
- To that point, degree, or result; to that end.
- Being in that place or direction; hence, further; more remote; opposite: opposed to hither.
- To go thither.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Being on the farther side from the person speaking; farther; -- a correlative of
hither . - adjective Applied to time: On the thither side of, older than; of more years than. See
Hither , a. - adverb To that place; -- opposed to
hither . - adverb To that point, end, or result.
- adverb to this place and to that; one way and another.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb dated To that place.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb to or toward that place; away from the speaker
Etymologies
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Examples
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On the train thither and yon I read THE ETERNAL ROSE, which waaaaaaaaugh! wonderful! loved it! so happy to read it! yay!
P-Con IV report! slovobooks 2007
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Replied the Shaykh, “I hear and obey the bidding of the Commander of the Faithful; but know, O Emir, that the road thither is long and difficult and the ways few.”
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And bicause the moonkes of S. Augustine might not celebrate diuine seruice, she called thither commonlie the moonks of Christes church to say seruice before hir.
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (4 of 12) Stephan Earle Of Bullongne Raphael Holinshed
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Rome before the knowledge of his call thither had reached him.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Westchester, and the road between Millbrook and Spotswood was, and is, the most direct route thither from the Dutch settlements.
The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales John Charles Dent 1864
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Hardened and embittered by the selfish treasons that had beset his early boyhood, and which had forced him into manhood before his time, he came to England as one called thither by the late king's designation, and, therefore, the lawful heir.
Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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Edith was very unwell — & when she recovered we were confined by bad weather — so that I saw little of the place. enough however not to like. the road from Winchester thither is remarkably beautiful; so much so as to make the New forest about Lyndhurst & Lymington appear comparatively uninteresting. here we are in a very different country.
Letter 220 1797
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I am called upon, my Lord, to go to the citadel, to see the going away of the ice; an object so new to me, that I cannot resist the curiosity I have to see it, though my going thither is attended with infinite difficulty.
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To the law, and to the testimony (Isa.viii. 20), thither is the last appeal.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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Those that would go to heaven must ascend thither from the house of sufferings and sorrow, must go by agonies to their joys.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
sonofgroucho commented on the word thither
See also hither.
December 3, 2007
yarb commented on the word thither
See also the pointless thitherward.
August 9, 2008
sarahlena commented on the word thither
Come to another place, to or towards that place
May 27, 2009
GHibbs commented on the word thither
It is also used as a pronoun, as in some of the examples on this page. 'They described the mountain and went thither.'
October 31, 2011