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nowhy

nowhy adverb: for no reason.

Adverb

nowhy (not comparable)

  1. (dialectal) For no reason.
    • "You must not talk that way, Devereux," he said, still a good deal more dismayed by his looks than his words. "Why are you so troubled with vapours and blue devils?"
      "Nowhy!" said Devereux, with a grim smile.1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “In Which Two Comrades are Tête-à-Tête in Their Old Quarters, and Doctor Sturk’s Cue Is Cut Off, and a Consultation Commences”, in The House by the Church-yard. […]...

Origin of nowhy

no + why; compare nowhere, nohow.

Questions about nowhy

What does nowhy mean?
Nowhy means for no reason.
What part of speech is nowhy?
Nowhy is an adverb.

Words near nowhy in the dictionary

  1. Nowhereville
  2. Nowherevilles
  3. nowhile
  4. nowhit
  5. nowhither
  6. nowhy
  7. Nowicki
  8. Nowickis
  9. Nowie
  10. Nowinski
  11. Nowinskis

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