hitherto

Adverb

Meaning

To this place; to a prescribed limit.

Up to this time; as yet; until now.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

yet heretofore so far thus far as yet up to now until now til now then still once past before already previously
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Antonyms

now recently disproportionate carbonated notched edgy
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Phrases with the word

hitherto has been

Examples

It has been shown that, in contrast to everything which classical national economy has hitherto taught, not the producer but the consumer is the ruling factor in economic life. Hjalmar Schacht

A novel that does not uncover a hitherto unknown segment of existence is immoral. Knowledge is the novel's only morality. Milan Kundera

It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent blindingly obvious. The cry 'I could have thought of that' is a very popular and misleading one, for the fact is that they didn't, and a very significant and revealing fact it is too. Douglas Adams

It is true that many scientists are not philosophically minded and have hitherto shown much skill and ingenuity but little wisdom. Max Born

... lend your ears to music, open your eyes to painting, and ... stop thinking! Just ask yourself whether the work has enabled you to "walk about” into a hitherto unknown world. If the answer is yes, what more do you want? Wassily Kandinsky

Hitherto I gave you credit for having horns. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

hither's partner hithermost hitherside hitherto has been hithertofore hitherunto