Thither
['ðɪðə] or ['ðɪðɚ]
Definition
(adv.) To that place; -- opposed to hither.
(adv.) To that point, end, or result; as, the argument tended thither.
(a.) Being on the farther side from the person speaking; farther; -- a correlative of hither; as, on the thither side of the water.
(a.) Applied to time: On the thither side of, older than; of more years than. See Hither, a.
Edited by Beverly
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. To that place.
Editor: Manuel
Definition
adv. to that place: to that end or result.—adv. Thith′erward toward that place.
Edited by Gertrude
Examples
- To go thither, to escape across the Ohio river, were the first hurried outlines of her plan of escape; beyond that, she could only hope in God. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Thus they reached Mr Venus's establishment, somewhat heated by the nature of their progress thither. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Thither he stole away whenever he could leave the shop, and not even Anna went with him, nor even to her did he tell what he was doing. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I flew thither and back, bringing the desired vessels. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- There were some twenty men running hither and thither about the deck, pulling and hauling on ropes. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I went thither to render to Isaac the Jew of York, replied Gurth, the price of a suit of armour with which he fitted my master for this tournament. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- She took it in silence, and they moved away, not toward the supper-room, but against the tide which was setting thither. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Thither I went, and there I found him, putting the key of his safe down his back as the clock struck. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- A dozen dead and dying men rolled hither and thither upon the pitching deck, the living intermingled with the dead. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Times are altered at Ostend now; of the Britons who go thither, very few look like lords, or act like those members of our hereditary aristocracy. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But he said, My son, at Philadelphia, has lately lost his principal hand, Aquilla Rose, by death; if you go thither, I believe he may employ you. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- We journey thither tomorrow to see the celebrated ruins. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It is the superiority of price which attracts them; and as soon as that superiority ceases, they necessarily cease to go thither. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- They walked thither directly. Jane Austen. Emma.
- This lowest price is that which barely replaces, with a moderate profit, the stock which must be employed in bringing the commodity thither. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Mr. Casaubon led the way thither. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Of myself I cannot find him --but you know where he lies--lead me thither. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I see him from the window, moving hither and thither uneasily among the carriages at the door. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Thither will I go, said Locksley. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I could find it nowhere but at the inn, and thither, ere long, I returned. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The jolly Hermit at length agrees to venture thither, and to enquire for Jack Fletcher, which is the name assumed by the King. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It naturally aims at bringing always that precise quantity thither which may be sufficient to supply, and no more than supply, that demand. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Before Hortense followed them thither, Caroline had only time again to question, Not my enemy, Robert? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She bustled up to Pitt's bedroom, leading on the servants, who were carrying his trunks thither. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Our journey thither was uneventful. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I looked, and there, above us, I saw shadowy bodies flitting hither and thither high over temple, court, and garden. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Thither I repaired, glad at least to go downstairs; for that brought me, I imagined, nearer to Mr. Rochester's presence. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Of course their place was at the first table, and being conducted thither, they filled up the whole remaining space. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Riderless thoats plunged hither and thither among the dead and dying. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- They were blown hither and thither for two months, until sick and dying of scurvy, starvation, and thirst, they had been wrecked on a small islet. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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