elsewhither
UK/ˈɛlswɪðə/US/ˈɛlswɪðɚ/
elsewhither adverb: to some other place; in some other direction.
Adverb
elsewhither (not comparable)
- To some other place; in some other direction.
- ; more at somewhere else
- […] know that ‘impossible,’ where Truth and Mercy and the everlasting Voice of Nature order, has no place in the brave man’s dictionary. That when all men have said “Impossible,” and tumbled noisily elsewhither, and thou alone art left, then first thy time and possibility have come.1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “Chapter VIII, The Didactic”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book IV (Horoscope)...
- Synonyms:
- otherwhither
Synonyms of elsewhither
Origin of elsewhither
From else + whither (“to which place, to what place”).
Questions about elsewhither
- What does elsewhither mean?
- Elsewhither means to some other place; in some other direction.
- What part of speech is elsewhither?
- Elsewhither is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce elsewhither?
- Elsewhither is pronounced /ˈɛlswɪðə/ (UK).
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