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whyfor

whyfor adverb: why; for what reason.

Adverb

whyfor (not comparable)

  1. (dialectal) why; for what reason
    • An' if the folks that finally bumped him off knew he didn't aim to tell what he knew, whyfor did they figure they had to get rid of him?2019, William MacLeod Raine, Tangled Trails: A Western Detective Story

Noun

whyfor (plural whyfors)

  1. A reason
    • It is true that Congress authorized President […] Bush to commence air attacks on Iraq but there was no technical declaration of war. This should come as no surprise because the word "war," as well as an endless list of war metaphors, are an intrinsic part of everyday English usage. The wheres...1991 February 4, Michael Bronski, “Are We Having A War, Or What?”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 28, page 7

Forms of whyfor

pluralwhyfors

Questions about whyfor

What does whyfor mean?
Whyfor means why; for what reason.
What part of speech is whyfor?
Whyfor can be an adverb or a noun.

Words near whyfor in the dictionary

  1. whydunits
  2. whydunnit
  3. whydunnits
  4. whyed
  5. whyever
  6. whyfor
  7. whyght
  8. whying
  9. whyja
  10. whyle
  11. whylest

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