whither

1. adv. To what place; -- used interrogatively; as, whither goest thou? Source: opted

2. adv. To what or which place; -- used relatively. Source: opted

3. adv. To what point, degree, end, conclusion, or design; whereunto; whereto; -- used in a sense not physical. Source: opted

4. 1. To what place; -- used interrogatively; as, whither goest thou "Whider may I flee" Chaucer. Sir Valentine, whither away so fast Shak. 2. To what or which place; -- used relatively. That no man should know . . . whither that he went. Chaucer. We came unto the land whither thou sentest us. Num. xiii. 27. 3. To what point, degree, end, conclusion, or design; whereunto; whereto; -- used in a sense not physical. Nor have I . . . whither to appeal. Milton. Any whither, to any place; anywhere. [Obs.] "Any whither, in hope of life eternal." Jer. Taylor. -- No whither, to no place; nowhere. [Obs.] 2 Kings v. 25. Syn. -- Where. -- Whither, Where. Whither properly implies motion to place, and where rest in a place. Whither is now, however, to a great extent, obsolete, except in poetry, or in compositions of a grave and serious character and in language where precision is required. Where has taken its place, as in the question, "Where are you going" Source: webster

5. r:100 adv. To what place; -- used interrogatively; as, whither goest thou? adv. To what or which place; -- used relatively. adv. To what point, degree, end, conclusion, or design; whereunto; whereto; -- used in a sense not physical. Source: ecdict

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