thither

[US]/'ðɪðə/

[UK]/'ðɪðɚ/

Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. in that direction; to that place
adj. on the opposite side; across

go thither

come thither

hither and thither

The same wind that carries them back would bring us thither?

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) April 2014 Collection

Harry felt himself being pushed hither and thither by people whose faces he could not see.

Source: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

They all immediately felt a wish to go thither; all except three.

Source: Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales

But the undulating throng flung us hither and thither a little.

Source: Education of Love

The birds and the beasts learned that the bat went hither and thither between them.

Source: 101 Children's English Stories

She had rushed thither; impelled by a kind of horror that drove her from her home.

Source: Madame Bovary (Part Two)

These had settled down for the winter at Chippenham: thither Alfred went.

Source: New Concept English. British Edition. Book Four (Translation)

But it's not within my power to hook men from hither and thither as I please.

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Segmented Version) Season 2

The simple outline of the lonely shed was visible, and thither he determined to direct his steps.

Source: Returning Home

America is far away, the minister answered dryly. News carries thither slowly, and as slowly comes back again.

Source: American Elementary School English 6

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