hither
an old word meaning “to this place”
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,505 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,798 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adverb
- an old word meaning “to this place”
hither in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Seeke him, and bring him hither: wher's Alexias?
Antony and Cleopatra · William Shakespeare · Chapter 1
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Hither and thither, blown wide asunder, Where’s this fleet, I wonder and wonder.
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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Hither! take me, use me, fill me, Vein and artery, though ye kill me!
Poems Household Edition · Ralph Waldo Emerson · Chapter 1
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They ran hither and thither in the greatest terror, striking their antennae one against the other.
Piccolissima · Adélaïde de Montgolfier · Chapter 1
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Then the Lake said, ‘You do well to be afraid, for it is at your peril that you are come hither.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1