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whies

whies is the plural of why.

whies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of why.

Meaning of why

Noun (1)

why (plural whys or why's or whies)

  1. Reason.
    • A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.

Noun (2)

why (plural whies)

  1. (Yorkshire, obsolete) A young heifer.
    • At two years old, also, the HEIFERS - provincially, “whies,” are generally put to the bull.1796, William Marshall, The Rural Economy of Yorkshire

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Phrases with whies

Questions about whies

What is whies the plural of?
Whies is the plural of why.

Words near whies in the dictionary

  1. whiddling
  2. Whiddon
  3. Whiddons
  4. whids
  5. whied
  6. whies
  7. whies and wherefores
  8. whiff
  9. whiff waff
  10. whiff whaff
  11. whiff whaffs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whies (page history and authors); why (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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