Sekirov Dictionary

hither and thither

UK /ˌhɪðəɹ‿n̩ ˈðɪðə/US /ˌhɪðɚ‿n̩ ˈðɪðɚ/

adverb 2
verb 1
forms 3

adverb2

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To here and to there, one place after another; in different directions.
- All alter, nothing finally decayes: / Hether and thether still the Spirit strayes; / Guest to all Bodies: out of beasts it flyes / To men, from men to beasts; and neuer dyes. — 1626
•
In a disorderly manner.
- Presently, men were running hither and thither in all ways. The artillery booming, forward, rearward, and on the flanks made jumble of ideas of direction. — 1895

verb1

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(no longer used) To move here and then there; to move in different directions.
- I have been too long waiting for certainties; hithering and thithering being a condition under which I find it almost impossible to write, or indeed to do anything except fret myself to fiddlestrings. — 1837

forms

hithered and thithered · hithering and thithering · hithers and thithers

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