anywhither

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Univerbation of any +‎ whither.

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anywhither (not comparable)

  1. (rare) To (in the direction of) anywhere.
    Synonym: whithersoever
    Coordinate term: everywhither
    • 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “chapter III, ’’The One Institution’’”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book IV (Horoscope):
      Clearly enough, if the Chiefs be not self-motive and what we call men, but mere patient lay-figures without self-motive principle, the Government will not move anywhither; it will tumble disastrously, and jumble, round its own axis, as for many years past we have seen it do.

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