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What (who) is Thither - definition
NOVEL BY HERMAN MELVILLE
Mardi and a Voyage Thither
Thither
TYPE OF ADVERB THAT REFERS TO A LOCATION OR TO A COMBINATION OF A LOCATION AND A RELATION TO THAT LOCATION
Whither; Whence; Hence; Thence; Thither
·adv To that place;
- opposed to hither.
II. Thither ·adv To that point, end, or result; as, the argument tended thither.
III. Thither ·adj Applied to time: On the thither side of, older than; of more years than. ·see Hither, ·adj.
IV. Thither ·adj Being on the farther side from the person speaking; farther;
- a correlative of hither; as, on the thither side of the water.
thither
TYPE OF ADVERB THAT REFERS TO A LOCATION OR TO A COMBINATION OF A LOCATION AND A RELATION TO THAT LOCATION
Whither; Whence; Hence; Thence; Thither
thither
TYPE OF ADVERB THAT REFERS TO A LOCATION OR TO A COMBINATION OF A LOCATION AND A RELATION TO THAT LOCATION
Whither; Whence; Hence; Thence; Thither
ad.
1.
To that place, there.
2.
To that point, to that end, to that result.
Wikipedia
Mardi
Mardi: and a Voyage Thither is the third book by American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1849. Beginning as a travelogue in the vein of the author's two previous efforts, the adventure story gives way to a romance story, which in its turn gives way to a philosophical quest.
Examples of use of Thither
1. After two years of running hither and thither, Dorit won and the balcony was enclosed.
2. The large quantities of hoof fragments flying hither and thither as he worked attested to the immensity of the task.
3. Truth be told, the government doesn‘t really have this kind of money lying around to spend hither and thither.
4. Galili, as was his wont, roamed hither and thither, in the grip of cogitations that made him hard of hearing, and heard nothing.
5. You would expect this because my mayor is not as other contemporary politicians are: he does not dither, he does not mither, he does not slither from hither to thither.