Sekirov Dictionary

yonder

UK /ˈjɒndə(ɹ)/US /ˈjɑndəɹ/

determiner 2
adjective 1
adverb 2
noun 1
forms 3

determiner2

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(dialect, no longer used) Who or which is over yonder, usually distant but within sight.
- Yonder lass, who be she?
•
(dialect, no longer used) One who or which is over yonder, usually distant but within sight.
- The yonder is Queen Niobe.

adjective1

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(dialect, no longer used) The farther, the more distant of two choices.
- "You have all necessary proofs in your possession, though you may not be aware of their existence," replied Arden; "will you allow me to open yonder box?" — 1834

adverb2

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(Southern-US) At or in a distant but indicated place.
- Whose doublewide is that over yonder?
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(dialect, no longer used) Synonym of thither: to a distant but indicated place.
- They headed on over yonder.

noun1

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(literary) The vast distance, particularly the sky or trackless forest.
- She set off into the blue yonder.

forms

yonders · more yonder · most yonder

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