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whithersoever

adv · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adv

Meaning 1

To what place soever; wherever.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, not-comparable

Examples

  • 1926, H.P. Lovecraft, Weird Tales, 8, No.3, 373-80. But again I thought of the emptiness and horror of reality, and boldly prepared to follow whithersoever I might be led.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: anywhither

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English whidersoevere. By surface analysis, whither + so + ever.

Across languages

Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: където и да е (kǎdeto i da e) — to what place soever
  • German: wohin auch immer — to what place soever
  • Latin: quōvīs — to what place soever
  • Latin: quōquō — to what place soever