adverb, conjunction
1 (old use) where; to which:
Whither should they go? * They did not know whither they should go. * the place whither they were sent
2 (formal) used to ask what is likely to happen to sth in the future:
Whither modern architecture?
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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