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hither
/ˈhɪðə/
adjective
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
To this place, to here.
"He went hither and thither."
Over here
Antonymshence
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