Whither \Whith"er\, adv. [OE. whider. AS. hwider; akin to E. where, who; cf. Goth. hvadr[=e] whither. See Who, and cf. Hither, Thither.]

1. To what place; -- used interrogatively; as, whither goest thou? ``Whider may I flee?'' --Chaucer.

Sir Valentine, whither away so fast? --Shak.

2. To what or which place; -- used relatively.

That no man should know . . . whither that he went. --Chaucer.

We came unto the land whither thou sentest us. --Num. xiii. 27.

3. To what point, degree, end, conclusion, or design; whereunto; whereto; -- used in a sense not physical.

Nor have I . . . whither to appeal. --Milton.

Any whither, to any place; anywhere. [Obs.]

``Any whither, in hope of life eternal.'' --Jer. Taylor.

No whither, to no place; nowhere. [Obs.]

--2 Kings v. 25.

Syn: Where.

Usage: Whither, Where. Whither properly implies motion to place, and where rest in a place. Whither is now, however, to a great extent, obsolete, except in poetry, or in compositions of a grave and serious character and in language where precision is required. Where has taken its place, as in the question, ``Where are you going?''

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)