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nowhither

nowhither adverb: nowhere; to no place.

Adverb

nowhither (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) nowhere; to no place.
    • This stuffed rump of mine saves not me only from rheumatism, but you also from what other isms! In this your Life-pilgrimage Nowhither, a fine Squallacci marching-music, and Gregorian Chant, accompanies you, and the hollow Night of Orcus is well hid!1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. I, Phenomena”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book III (The Modern Worker)
    • They come nowhence, and they go nowhither. But now I see them and all things as ever moving symbols of the motions of man's spirit and destiny.1869, George MacDonald, The Seaboard Parish

nowhither meaning in Urdu

nowhither in Urdu

کہیں کوئی بھی نہیں

Origin of nowhither

From Middle English nowhider, from Old English nāhwider. Analyzable as no + whither.

Questions about nowhither

What does nowhither mean?
Nowhither means nowhere; to no place.
What is nowhither in Urdu?
Nowhither in Urdu is کہیں کوئی بھی نہیں. See Nowhither meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is nowhither?
Nowhither is an adverb.

Words near nowhither in the dictionary

  1. Nowheresvilles
  2. Nowhereville
  3. Nowherevilles
  4. nowhile
  5. nowhit
  6. nowhither
  7. nowhy
  8. Nowicki
  9. Nowickis
  10. Nowie
  11. Nowinski

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