hitherto
/ˈhɪðəɹˌtu/ adverb C2- Up to this or that time.
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If what I have hitherto said can appear to you in the form of encouragement, I know not how to express my refusal in such a way as may convince you of its being one.”
He then handed her in, Maria followed, and the door was on the point of being closed, when he suddenly reminded them, with some consternation, that they had hitherto forgotten to leave any message for the ladies of Rosings.
Hitherto I had been acting, and action had numbed thought.
“I have hitherto confined my investigations to this world,” said he.
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