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allwhither (not comparable)

1. In all directions.
   • 1906, Rudyard Kipling, Puck of Pook's Hill:

     Trees grew out of mud, arched upon lean and high roots, and many muddy waterways ran allwhither into darkness under the trees.

   • 1920, F. St. Mars, Off the Beaten Track, page 242:

     There was a flash of lights, the sound of a frenzied, wordless struggle, the gleam of Mr. Fox's pocket electric lamp, the beating of shod feet on bare boards, and a thousand echoes running allwhither into the heart of the deserted factory — the weird cries of rudely awakened wild-fowl in the darkness without, and—silence.

   • 1955, Edmund Wilson, The shock of recognition, page 381:

     Then from his cavernous armpit drew and gave The singing leaves, not such as erst I knew, But strange, disjointed, where the unmeasured feet Staggered allwhither in pursuit of rhyme, And could not find it; assonance instead, Cases and verbs misplaced—remediable those — Broad-shouldered coarseness, fondly meant for wit.

   • 2012, James Branch Cabell, Chivalry, page 138:

     For all England was his fief, held in vassalage to God and to no man alive, his heart now sang; allwhither his empire spread, opulent in grain and metal and every revenue of the earth, and in stalwart men (his chattels), and in strong orderly cities, where the windows would be adorned with scarlet hangings, and women (with golden hair かつ red lax lips) would presently admire as King Edward rode slowly by at the head of a resplendent retinue.