hitherward

English

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Etymology

hither + -ward

Adverb

hitherward (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Toward this place
    • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. IV, Happy
      Happiness, unhappiness: all that was but the wages thou hadst; thou hast spent all that, in sustaining thyself hitherward; not a coin of it remains with thee, it is all spent, eaten: and now thy work, where is thy work?

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