hitherto

hit·herto

UK/ˌhɪðəˈtuː/ US/ˈhɪðətuː/ rare archaic formal literary obsolete

adverb

used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time

“So far he hasn”
“;”
“t up yet”

Synonyms

so far
thus far
up to now
heretofore
as yet
yet
til now
until now

Origin

The adverb is derived from Middle English hiderto (“to the present time, until now; up to this point”), from hider (“in this direction, to or toward this place; up to the present time, until now”) (from Old English hider (“to here, hither”)) + to (“in the direction of, toward; etc.”). By surface analysis, hither + to. The adjective is derived from the adverb.

Phrases

1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form

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