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Nowhither

Nowhither \No"whith`er\, adv. [No + whither.] Not anywhither; in no direction; nowhere. [Archaic] ``Thy servant went nowhither.''
--2 Kings v. 25.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
nowhither

"toward no place," Old English nahwiĆ°er; see no + whither.

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nowhither

adv. (context archaic English) nowhere; to no place.

Usage examples of "nowhither".

He could not get the note to his mind, falling constantly into thought that led nowhither, and at last threw himself back in his chair, wearied with the emotions of the day.

Nowhere, and nowhere ends, Seeking an ever-changing goal, Nowhither winds and wends.

After they had rambled over the lower part of the building, Alec took Kate up a small winding stair, past a succession of empty doorways like eyeless sockets, leading nowhither because the floors had fallen.