different between hitherto vs hitherward

hitherto

English

Etymology

From Middle English hiderto, corresponding to hither +? to.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?h?ð??tu?/, /?h?ð??tu?/, [?h?ð??t?u?], [?h?ð??t?u?]
  • (US) IPA(key): /?h?ð??tu/, /?h?ð??tu/, [?h?ð??t?u], [?h?ð??t?u]

Adverb

hitherto (not comparable)

  1. (formal, also law) Up to this or that time.
    Synonyms: up to now, heretofore; see also Thesaurus:hitherto
    Antonyms: from now on, henceforth; see also Thesaurus:henceforth

Related terms

  • thitherto

Translations

hitherto From the web:

  • what hitherto means
  • hitherto what does it mean
  • hitherto what part of speech
  • what does hitherto mean in the bible
  • what does hitherto undreamt of mean
  • what does hitherto
  • what do hitherto mean in the bible
  • what is hitherto in the bible


hitherward

English

Alternative forms

  • hitherwards

Etymology

hither +? -ward

Adverb

hitherward (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Toward this place
    • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. IV, Happy
      Happiness, unhappiness: all that was but the wages thou hadst; thou hast spent all that, in sustaining thyself hitherward; not a coin of it remains with thee, it is all spent, eaten: and now thy work, where is thy work?

See also

  • hither
  • thitherward
  • whitherward

hitherward From the web:

  • what does hitherward
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