hither UK /ˈhɪðə/US /ˈhɪðɚ/adverb 2adjective 1 adverb2 •over here •(literary, no longer used) To this place, to here.He went hither and thither. adjective1 •(no longer used) On this side; the nearer.The essential Not-self could be perceived very clearly in things and in living creatures on the hither side of good and evil. — 1954
