thitherward

English

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Etymology

From thither +‎ -ward.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈðɪðəwəd/

Adverb

thitherward (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Toward that place.
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.2:
      No more he spake, / But thitherward forthright his ready way did make.
    • Sir Philip Sidney
      A maid thitherward did run, / To catch her sparrow which from her did swerve.

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