thither
pronunciation
How to pronounce thither in British English:
UK [ˈðɪðə(r)]
How to pronounce thither in American English:
US [ˈθɪðɚ, ˈðɪð-]
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- Adverb:
- to or toward that place; away from the speaker
Word Origin
- thither (adv.)
- Old English þider "to or toward that place," altered (by influence of its opposite hider) from earlier þæder "to that place," from Proto-Germanic *thadra- (cognates: Old Norse þaðra "there," Gothic þaþro "thence"), from PIE pronominal root *to- (see that) + PIE suffix denoting motion toward (compare Gothic -dre, Sanskrit -tra). The medial -th- developed early 14c. but was rare before early 16c. (compare gather, murder, burden).
Antonym
Example
- 1. Thou bring not my son thither again .
- 2. Ln heaven . Send thither to see .
- 3. In the dusk of the late september day they went thither by secret ways .
- 4. I sometimes direct the traveler thither .
- 5. He had committed a second , by not remaining at the luxembourg when m. leblanc came thither alone .