nowhither

[ noh-hwith-er, -with- ]
/ ˈnoʊˌʰwɪð ər, -ˌwɪð- /

adverb

to no place; nowhere: paths leading nowhither.

Origin of nowhither

before 900; Middle English nohwider, Old English nāhwider. See no1, whither

Words nearby nowhither

nowhere, nowhere near, nowhere-dense, nowheres, nowheresville, nowhither, nowise, nown, nowruz, nowt, nowty

Example sentences from the Web for nowhither

  • As the miles were covered he still floundered in a maze of speculation that seemed to lead him nowhither.

    The One-Way Trail |Ridgwell Cullum

  • She had nowhither to run—but there she was at the end of a large trap.

    The Fifth Queen |Ford Madox Ford

  • But we get nowhither unless we carefully distinguish between the foundation of the problem and the problem itself.

    The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue |Various

British Dictionary definitions for nowhither

nowhither
/ (ˈnəʊˌwɪðə) /

adverb

archaic to no place; to nowhere

Word Origin for nowhither

Old English nāhwider. See neither