whitherward

English

Alternative forms

• whitherwards

Etymology

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

Adverb

whitherward (not comparable)

1. (archaic, in interrogatives) In what direction; towards what or which place.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:whitherward.

Synonyms

• whither

See also

• hitherward
• thitherward

References

• “whitherward”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.