thither
adverb
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Pronunciation: /ˈðɪðə/ / /ˈθɪðə/ / /ˈðɪðɚ/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English thider, from Old English þider, an alteration (probably by analogy with hider (“hither”)) of earlier þæder (“to there”), from Proto-Germanic *þadrê.
- The farther, the other and more distant.
“the thither side of life, that is to say, afterlife”
adv
Etymology: From Middle English thider, from Old English þider, an alteration (probably by analogy with hider (“hither”)) of earlier þæder (“to there”), from Proto-Germanic *þadrê.
- To that place.
“Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither […]”
“[…] Eleutherius, who thinking himself concern'd, because he brought me thither […]”
- To that point, end, or result.
“The argument tended thither.”