\Whith"er\, adv. [OE. whider. AS. hwider; akin to E.
where, who; cf. Goth. hvadr[=e] whither. See {Who}, and cf.
{Hither}, {Thither}.]
1. To what place; -- used interrogatively; as, whither goest
   thou? ``Whider may I flee?'' --Chaucer.
         Sir Valentine, whither away so fast?  --Shak.
2. To what or which place; -- used relatively.
         That no man should know . . . whither that he went.
                                               --Chaucer.
         We came unto the land whither thou sentest us.
                                               --Num. xiii.
                                               27.
3. To what point, degree, end, conclusion, or design;
   whereunto; whereto; -- used in a sense not physical.
         Nor have I . . . whither to appeal.   --Milton.
{Any whither}, to any place; anywhere. [Obs.] ``Any whither,
   in hope of life eternal.'' --Jer. Taylor.
{No whither}, to no place; nowhere. [Obs.] --2 Kings v. 25.
Syn: Where.
Usage: {Whither}, {Where}. Whither properly implies motion to
       place, and where rest in a place. Whither is now,
       however, to a great extent, obsolete, except in
       poetry, or in compositions of a grave and serious
       character and in language where precision is required.
       Where has taken its place, as in the question, ``Where
       are you going?''