Hitherward

Origin

hither + -ward

Full definition of hitherward

Adverb

1. (archaic) Toward this place
• 1843, Thomas_Carlyle, , book 3, ch. IV, HappyHappiness, unhappiness: all that was but the wages thou hadst; thou hast spent all that, in sustaining thyself hitherward; not a coin of it remains with thee, it is all spent, eaten: and now thy work, where is thy work?