Whitherward

adv

adv ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In what direction; towards what or which place. archaic, not-comparable

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whitherwhither

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"Once more Anchises bids us cross the main / and seek Ortygia, and the god constrain / by prayer to pardon and advise, what end / of evils to expect? what woes remain? / What fate hereafter shall our steps attend? / What rest for toil-worn men, and whitherward to wend?"

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English whiderward, from whider (“whither”). By surface analysis, whither + ward.

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