hither

Definition

  • adverb: to this place
  • synonyms: aboard, among us, here

Examples

  • She has been very busy, traveling 'hither and yon'. [=here and there; traveling to many different places]

  • traveling/wandering 'hither and thither' [=here and there]

  • She gave him a 'come-hither' look.

Movie quotes

  • (..) that my keen knife see not the wound it makes, nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark to cry, "Hold, hold!" Hie thee hither that I may pour my spirits in thine ear and chastise with the valour of my tongue all that impedes thee from the golden round. Thy letters have transported me (..)
    2015 Macbeth