Definition of Hitherward

1. adv. Toward this place; hither.

Definition of Hitherward

1. Adverb. (archaic) Toward this place ¹

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Definition of Hitherward

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hitherward

hitchment
hitchments
hitchrack
hitcht
hitchy
hithe
hither and thither
hithered
hithering
hithermost
hithers
hitherto
hithertofore
hitherunto
hitherward (current term)
hitherwards
hithes
hitjob
hitjobs
hitless
hitmaker
hitmakers
hitmaking
hitman
hitmen
hitout
hits
hits out
hits up

Literary usage of Hitherward

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Letters of Thomas Carlyle, 1826-1836 by Thomas Carlyle (1889)
"when your last five-pounds is broken in upon, turn your face hitherward, to a Brother's house and heart, who would rather see you true and wise than ..."

2. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1873)
"And that in yonder realms of light There are who choose the buds to tend. And unseen in their joyous flight Do hitherward their ..."

3. Passages from the French and Italian Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1873)
"... through which streets converge hitherward. One side of the piazza is a straight line, and is occupied by the Palazzo Publico, which is a most noble and ..."

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