Whitherward
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In what direction; towards what or which place. archaic, not-comparable
Example
More examples"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.