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Thesaurus: hitherto

To this place; to a prescribed limit.

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  1. adv. To this place; to a prescribed limit.
  2. adv. Up to this time; as yet; until now.
  3. adv. used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time
  4. 1. To this place; to a prescribed limit. Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further. Job xxxviii. 11. 2. Up to this time; as yet; until now. The Lord hath blessed me hitherto. Josh. xvii. 14.
  5. r:100 r used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time