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hither

adverb as in to this place

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Petroleum would become increasingly valuable, the article continued, “as a source of substances for which man has hither-to been dependent upon the chance bounty of nature.”

She definitely had a sweetness in her features — a kind of innocent sweetness, not a come-hither sweetness at all … She still looked great.

Behind the counter is the pit, perfuming the room (and your clothes) with the swirling, come-hither scent of beef and smoke.

“Sexxx Dreams” has all the come-hither appeal of a sultry Janet Jackson track without any of the erotic mysticism.

Boxy flannel and messy tears might as well have been a corset and a come-hither pout in The Perfect Storm.

Though the photos are far from sexual, Lottie wears thick mascara as she flashes the camera a come-hither stare.

Hugh puffed, his hair flopping hither and thither as the photographers hosed him down.

Hither does every soul in the place, at some hour or other of the day, inevitably gravitate.

She was a woman, and in truth she would have married the man beside her had he have come hither when he had gone to Chicago.

But draw near hither, you sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer, and of the harlot.

Go, young man, and tell the tree to come hither, and the tree will obey you when you show it my seal.

A womans heart is not made of grains of sand to be blown hither and thither by a mans breath, she said very earnestly.

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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hither, such as: here, close, nearer, and toward.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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