Definition of "hitherto" []

• Until this time: The weather, which had hitherto been sunny and mild, suddenly turned cold. (adverb)

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• "Nay the title hitherto to be a Commonwealth or Nation at all, among the"
• "And when I return to London, young Nevile shall be Duke of Bedford, a title hitherto reserved to the royal race."
• "It has been a term hitherto used to signify that which pleases us we know not why, and in our approbation of which we can justify ourselves only by the concurrence of numbers, without much power of en - forcing our opinion upon others by any argument but example and authority."