Advertisement
Advertisement
hitherto
[ hith-er-too ]
adverb
- up to this time; until now:
a fact hitherto unknown.
- to here.
hitherto
/ ˈɪðəˈٳː /
adverb
- until this time
hitherto, there have been no problems
- archaic.to this place or point
adjective
- until this time
a hitherto unoccupied house
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
Recent weeks have seen troops and a United Nations monitoring mission dismantle Hezbollah’s military infrastructure in the area, a hitherto impossible step.
And this philosophy of letting Goldie stay where he was until he was hungry seemed to be a good one - until he started to show hitherto unsuspected initiative.
Sembiyan prayed to Nataraja, a hitherto little-known form of Hindu god Shiva as the King of Dance, and all her temples featured him prominently.
After all, he also pronounced that he will give the Gulf of Mexico a new name, the “Gulf of America” — presumably under a hitherto unknown presidential power as renamer-in-chief.
And the Lampard contacts book brings with it an expectation that he’ll be able to conjure up something hitherto missing from this group of players to take that extra step that Mark Robins couldn’t.
Advertisement
Related 51Թs
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse