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hither

/ˈhɪðə/
adjective
  1. On this side; the nearer.

    "1954, The essential Not-self could be perceived very clearly in things and in living creatures on the hither side of good and evil. — Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception (Chatto & Windus 1954, p. 30)"

    Similar: citerior

Synonymsciterior
adverb
  1. To this place, to here.

    "He went hither and thither."

  2. Over here

Antonymshence

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