Definition of Hitherto

up until this time or point

Examples of Hitherto in a sentence

Hitherto Jim got married and became a devoted spouse, his greatest pleasure had been picking up women.  🔊

Before John learned to fly an airplane, he had hitherto been afraid of heights.  🔊

Hitherto Carmelo was thought a suspect in his wife’s murder and forbidden to leave town.  🔊

When Candace moved out of her parents’ house, she began to enjoy all of the freedoms that hitherto had been denied her.  🔊

Hitherto Adam and Eve bit the apple, they had no knowledge of sin.  🔊

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