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anywhither

anywhither adverb: to (in the direction of) anywhere.

Adverb

anywhither (not comparable)

  1. (rare) To (in the direction of) anywhere.
    • Clearly enough, if the Chiefs be not self-motive and what we call men, but mere patient lay-figures without self-motive principle, the Government will not move anywhither; it will tumble disastrously, and jumble, round its own axis, as for many years past we have seen it do.1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “chapter III, ’’The One Institution’’”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book IV...
    Synonyms:
    whithersoever

Synonyms of anywhither

Origin of anywhither

Univerbation of any + whither.

Questions about anywhither

What does anywhither mean?
Anywhither means to (in the direction of) anywhere.
What part of speech is anywhither?
Anywhither is an adverb.

Words near anywhither in the dictionary

  1. anywhere else
  2. anywhere near
  3. Anywhere on Earth
  4. anywhereness
  5. anywheres
  6. anywhither
  7. anywho
  8. anywhoodles
  9. anywhoozle
  10. anywhoozles
  11. anywhos

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