whithersoever

C2+ Topic:Register & Style
US /ˌwɪðərsoʊˈevər/ UK /ˌwɪðəsəʊˈevə/
adv Freq #143505

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    to whatever place; wherever, in an archaic or literary style

    She resolved to follow the road whithersoever it might lead.

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Synonyms
1 adv · to whatever place;... whereverto any place
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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English whidersoevere, formed from whither, 'to what place,' + soever, an emphatic element meaning 'any at all.' Once ordinary in formal and biblical prose, it is now archaic or deliberately literary.

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