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elsewhither

Adverb CEFR C1
ˈɛlswɪðə

Definitions

To some other place; in some other direction.

formal, not-comparable

Examples

“; more at somewhere else”
“[…] know⟳ that ‘impossible,’ where Truth and Mercy and the everlasting Voice of Nature order⟳, has no place⟳ in the brave man’s dictionary. That when all men have⟳ said “Impossible,” and tumbled noisily elsewhither, and thou alone art left, then first thy time and possibility have⟳ come⟳.”
“With Strickland the sexual appetite took a very small place⟳. It was unimportant. It was irksome. His soul aimed elsewhither.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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