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What does hither and thither mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word hither and thither? Here's what it means.

Adverb
  1. (rare, literally) To here and to there.
  2. (figuratively) In a disorderly manner.
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The people are good, but they are being pulled hither and thither and can find no way out.
It is not for Mr. Hill to divest that interest, send it hither and thither, because if he does, he undermines us and he undermines the author.
They scattered hither and thither, and with their departure life aboard the great vessel resumed the even tenor of a well-ordered existence.
And planes: lots of planes flying hither and thither over impossibly blue skies.
I was thinking in terms of proximal and distal, instead of hither and thither.
We were pulled hither and thither, everyone asking us questions without giving us a chance to answer anybody.

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