whyever
/waɪˈɛvɚ/
whyever adverb: why ever: an emphatic form of why.
Adverb
whyever (not comparable)
- Why ever: an emphatic form of why.
- Whyever would someone do that?
- For whatever reason.
- You can use it whenever you want and whyever you want.
- Whatever we do, and whyever we do it, does not every motive originate in self, and does not every act proceed out of the individual's instinct for self-fulfilment ?1918, Wilson Follett, The Modern Novel: A Study of the Purpose and the Meaning of Fiction, page 79
- Regardless of the reason (why).
- I don't care what you want. Whyever you're here, please go away.
Examples of whyever in a sentence
- Whyever they began, there was no perceptible wolf at their door.1975, Steven Polgar, Population, Ecology, and Social Evolution, page 74:
- "And whyever they were doing it, they were the ones responsible for what happened to her and all of the rest of my friends in the first place."2006, David Weber, Linda Evans, Hell's Gate:
Origin of whyever
From why + -ever.
Words that rhyme with whyever
Questions about whyever
- What does whyever mean?
- Whyever means why ever: an emphatic form of why.
- How do you use whyever in a sentence?
- Whyever they began, there was no perceptible wolf at their door.
- What part of speech is whyever?
- Whyever is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce whyever?
- Whyever is pronounced /waɪˈɛvɚ/ (US).
Words near whyever in the dictionary
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