Definition of "hitherward" [hith•er•ward]

• Hither. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Songs thereof would I sing -- to all that hitherward comes would I welcome give;"
• "“It may be,” said the Abbot, “that Foster will wait for Murray, whose purpose hitherward is but delayed for a short space.”"
• "I am to face this leviathan Charles, who will presently swim hitherward, cleaving the deep before him."