whither

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[edit] Etymology

From Old English hwæder.

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[edit] Adverb

whither (not comparable)

  1. (literary or archaic) To which place.
    • 1918, Willa Cather, My Antonia, Mirado Modern Classics, paperback edition, page 8
      The wagon jolted on, carrying me I knew not whither.

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Terms derived from whither

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whither

  1. (literary or archaic) To which place
    • 1611, King James BibleWikisource, John 8:14:
      Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.
    • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Sea-chest”, in Treasure IslandWikisource:
      [W]hat greatly encouraged me, it was in an opposite direction from that whence the blind man had made his appearance and whither he had presumably returned.
    • 1885, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Penguin Red Classics, paperback edition, page 24
      And with the same grave countenance he hurried through his breakfast and drove to the police station, whither the body had been carried.

[edit] Usage notes

  • This word is unusual in modern usage; where is much more common. It is more often encountered in older works, or when used poetically.
  • Do not confuse with whether or wither.

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to which place

[edit] Verb

whither (third-person singular simple present whithers, present participle whithering, simple past and past participle whithered)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete, dialectal) To wuther.
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