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thither
CIDE DICTIONARY
thither, adv. [OE. thider, AS. ; akin to E. that; cf. Icel. there, Goth. thence. See That, and The.].
- To that place; -- opposed to
hither . [1913 Webster]"This city is near; . . . O, let me escape thither." [1913 Webster]"Where I am, thither ye can not come." [1913 Webster] - To that point, end, or result; as, the argument tended thither. [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- There.
thither, a.
- Being on the farther side from the person speaking; farther; -- a correlative of hither; as, on the thither side of the water. W. D. Howells. [1913 Webster]
- Applied to time: On the thither side of, older than; of more years than. See Hither,
a. Huxley. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
thither, adv. archaic or formal to or towards that place.
Etymology
OE thider, alt. (after HITHER) of th{aelig}der
ROGET THESAURUS
thither
Direction
N direction, management, managery, government, gubernation, conduct, legislation, regulation, guidance, bossism, legislature, steerage, pilotage, reins, reins of government, helm, rudder, needle, compass, guiding star, load star, lode star, pole star, cynosure, supervision, superintendence, surveillance, oversight, eye of the master, control, charge, board of control, command, premiership, senatorship, director, chair, portfolio, statesmanship, statecraft, kingcraft, queencraft, ministry, ministration, administration, stewardship, proctorship, agency, director, directing, hegemonic, at the helm, at the head of, direction, bearing, course, vector, set, drift, tenor, tendency, incidence, bending, trending, dip, tack, aim, collimation, steering steerage, point of the compass, cardinal points, North East, South, West, N by E, ENE, NE by N, NE, rhumb, azimuth, line of collimation, line, path, road, range, quarter, line of march, alignment, allignment, air line, beeline, straight shoot, directed, directed towards, pointing towards, bound for, aligned, with alligned with, direct, straight, undeviating, unswerving, straightforward, North, Northern, Northerly, towards, on the road, on the high road to, en avant, versus, to, hither, thither, whither, directly, straight as an arrow, forwards as an arrow, point blank, in a bee line to, in a direct line to, as the crow flies, in a straight line to, in a bee line for, in a direct line for, in a straight line for, in a bee line with, in a direct line with, in a straight line with, in a line with, full tilt at, as the crow flies, before the wind, near the wind, close to the wind, against the wind, windwards, in the wind's eye, through, via, by way of, in all directions, in all manner of ways, quaquaversum, from the four winds, the shortest distance between two points is a stra.For further exploring for "thither" in Webster Dictionary Online
