Wiktionary:Word of the day/2024/May 8

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for May 8
whither adv (formal, archaic except literary or poetic)
  1. Interrogative senses.
    1. To what place; where.
    2. (figurative, also humorous) To what (future) cause, condition or state, reason, etc.; where, where next; also (obsolete) to what extent; how far.
  2. Relative senses.
    1. To which place; also (after a noun denoting a place) to which.
    2. To the place in or to which.
    3. (generally) In or to any place to which; to whatever place; wherever.

whither n

  1. (formal, archaic except literary or poetic) A place to which someone or something goes; also, a condition to which someone or something moves. [...]
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