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Webster 1913 Edition
Nowhither
No′whithˊer
,adv.
[
No
+ whither
.] Not anywhither; in no direction; nowhere.
[Archaic]
“Thy servant went nowhither.” 2 Kings v. 25.
Definition 2024
nowhither
nowhither
English
Adverb
nowhither (not comparable)
- (archaic) nowhere; to no place.
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. I, Phenomena
- 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!
- George MacDonald
- 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.
- 1913, Clara Elizabeth Laughlin, The work-a-day girl: a study of some present day conditions
- Other paths had looked as promising and had led nowhither. Nevertheless, she tried this one.
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. I, Phenomena
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:nowhither.