Meaning of Whither | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A place to which someone or something goes; also, a condition to which someone or something moves.
   formal
2. A state of rushed action; a haste, a hurry; also, a state of anger or excitement.
   British, Scotland, dialectal, especially
3. A forceful blow or hit.
   British, Scotland, dialectal, especially
4. An act of shaking (vigorously); a shiver, a tremble; also, a slight bout of discomfort or illness.
   British, Scotland, dialectal, especially
5. The sound of something moving quickly; a rush, a whiz.
   British, Scotland, dialectal, especially
6. A gust of wind; a bluster.
   British, Scotland, dialectal, especially

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Examples

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“Mr. [Henry Charles] Carey usually gives his reader a bird's-eye retrospect, from his balloon at the end of each stage, of the where and whither or the zigzags and dark passages of the route gone over from the starting-point, where was the man upon a solitary island picking fruit, down to his present stopping-place.”

“The whence and whither of their comings and goings made no impression on the community, and when they disappeared no one asked how or why.”

“I felt sure now that I was in the pensionnat—sure by the beating rain on the easement; sure by the ‘wuther’ of wind amongst trees, denoting a garden outside; sure by the chill, the whiteness, the solitude, amidst which I lay.”

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