Antonyms for hitherto


Grammar : Adv
Spell : hith -er-too
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɪð ərˌtu


Definition of hitherto

Origin :
  • c.1200, from hither + to.
  • As in previously : adv earlier
  • As in yet : adv up until now
  • As in here : adv in this place
Example sentences :
  • But I presumed she had some other view in coming to me, than she had hitherto acquainted me with.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Hitherto he had heard their voices in the dimness of imagination.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • You know with what indifference, said my mother, she has hitherto seen him.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Not in the least like those with whom she had hitherto been most familiar.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • Then her voice rose above the monotone that had contented her hitherto.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • Those whom we have hitherto noticed were the men of an heroic age.
  • Extract from : « A Book of Autographs » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • You may judge how much of the poem remains as hitherto published.
  • Extract from : « P.'s Correspondence (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Hitherto Mr. Temple's narratives had all been about boys and men.
  • Extract from : « Biographical Stories » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Timid brides, you have, probably, hitherto been addressed as angels.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • You, who have been hitherto the thorn in my path, the cloud in my fate!
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Synonyms for hitherto

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