Adverb
To this place; to a prescribed limit.
Up to this time; as yet; until now.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIt 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