Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adv. To or toward that place; in that direction; there: running hither and thither.
- adj. Located or being on the more distant side; farther: the thither side of the pond.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To that place: opposed to hither.
- To that point, degree, or result; to that end.
- Being in that place or direction; hence, further; more remote; opposite: opposed to hither.
- To go thither.
Wiktionary
- adv. To that place (rare except for literary or legal use).
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. To that place; -- opposed to
hither . - adv. To that point, end, or result.
- adj. Being on the farther side from the person speaking; farther; -- a correlative of
hither . - adj. Applied to time: On the thither side of, older than; of more years than. See Hither, a.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. to or toward that place; away from the speaker
Etymologies
- Middle English, from Old English thider; see to- in Indo-European roots.
Examples
“On the train thither and yon I read THE ETERNAL ROSE, which waaaaaaaaugh! wonderful! loved it! so happy to read it! yay!”
“Replied the Shaykh, “I hear and obey the bidding of the Commander of the Faithful; but know, O Emir, that the road thither is long and difficult and the ways few.””
“And bicause the moonkes of S. Augustine might not celebrate diuine seruice, she called thither commonlie the moonks of Christes church to say seruice before hir.”
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (4 of 12) Stephan Earle Of Bullongne
“Rome before the knowledge of his call thither had reached him.”
“Westchester, and the road between Millbrook and Spotswood was, and is, the most direct route thither from the Dutch settlements.”
“Hardened and embittered by the selfish treasons that had beset his early boyhood, and which had forced him into manhood before his time, he came to England as one called thither by the late king's designation, and, therefore, the lawful heir.”
“Edith was very unwell — & when she recovered we were confined by bad weather — so that I saw little of the place. enough however not to like. the road from Winchester thither is remarkably beautiful; so much so as to make the New forest about Lyndhurst & Lymington appear comparatively uninteresting. here we are in a very different country.”
“I am called upon, my Lord, to go to the citadel, to see the going away of the ice; an object so new to me, that I cannot resist the curiosity I have to see it, though my going thither is attended with infinite difficulty.”
“To the law, and to the testimony (Isa.viii. 20), thither is the last appeal.”
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
“Those that would go to heaven must ascend thither from the house of sufferings and sorrow, must go by agonies to their joys.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘thither’.
-
Archaic
abide, abjure, abroad, adamant, afield, aforetime, aghast, anon, apace, argent, assuage, aught and 327 more...
-
Unknown
coalition, cabinet, tweet, defuse, steep, ancestral, mindset, breach, infraction, egregious, curb, backbite and 280 more...
-
phil vocab 3
genocide, superfluous, warfare, indissoluble, sentient, confound, pernicious, dispose, render, amiable, paradox, puritanical and 36 more...
GHibbs It is also used as a pronoun, as in some of the examples on this page. 'They described the mountain and went thither.' Oct 31, 2011
sarahlena Come to another place, to or towards that place May 27, 2009
yarb See also the pointless thitherward. Aug 9, 2008
sonofgroucho See also hither. Dec 2, 2007