HOW TO PRONOUNCE
hitherto
/ˈhɪðəɹˌtu/
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What does hitherto mean?
adverb
- Up to this or that time.
More meanings (4)
adverb
- (archaic, literary) Up to this place.
- (archaic, literary) In speech or writing: up to this point; thus far.
- (obsolete) Synonym of hereto (“regarding this subject; to achieve this result; to this end”).
adjective
- (archaic) Existing or occurring before now; former, preceding, previous.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈhɪðəɹˌtu/
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It is natural to suppose that they are hitherto more attached to their own, and that each would struggle for the preference.
“Hundred and seventeen,” chuckled another old gentleman, given to mental arithmetic and little conversation, who had hitherto sat unobserved in a corner.
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I looked below, and saw with my physical eye all that domestic individuality which I had hitherto merely inferred with the understanding.
“I think we must not set down people’s bad actions to their religion,” said falcon-faced Mrs. Plymdale, who had been listening hitherto.
With the exception of this little blot, Emma found that his visit hitherto had given her friend only good ideas of him.