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thither-ward

thither-ward is the alternative form of thitherward.

Meaning of thitherward

Adverb

thitherward (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Toward that place.
    • No more he spake, / But thitherward forthright his ready way did make.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Questions about thither-ward

What is thither-ward the alternative form of?
Thither-ward is the alternative form of thitherward.

Words near thither-ward in the dictionary

  1. thistliest
  2. thistlish
  3. thistly
  4. thiswise
  5. thither
  6. thither-ward
  7. thithermost
  8. thitherside
  9. thitherto
  10. thitherward
  11. thitherwards

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