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Definition of Hither and thither
1. Adverb. From one place or situation to another. "We were driven from pillar to post"
Definition of Hither and thither
1. Adverb. (rare literally) To here and to there. ¹
2. Adverb. (figuratively) In a disorderly manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hither And Thither
Literary usage of Hither and thither
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"The regimental wagons, in seemingly inextricable contusion, were running hither
and thither ; the ambulances and Sanitary Commission wagons were finding ..."
2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"the flame.. . blew hither and thither on the wind —James Stephens, The Crock of
Gold. 1912 have continued to do, hither and thither in the world —Glenway ..."
3. Proceedings by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1883)
"... radiating runnels that shift hither and thither, building wherever they best
can, and strained of their finer sediment by the grass. ..."
4. Southern Writers: Biographical and Critical Studies by William Malone Baskervill (1896)
"... hither and thither of strange incenses and odors and essences; warm floods of
sunlight, cool gleams of moonlight, faint enchantments of twilight, ..."
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