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hithertofore

adv. (context rare English) heretofore

Usage examples of "hithertofore".

She had verified beyond any possible scientific objections a theory that had been hithertofore only a conjecture.

As you explained, no such contemporary work hithertofore has been known.

And we of the Star Union have, you might say, a special motivation to find a solution to this hithertofore intractable problem.