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whying

whying noun: the act of asking the question "why?". Also the present participle and gerund of why.

Noun

whying (uncountable)

  1. The act of asking the question "why?".
    • Researchers are not encouraged to engage in whying and the subsequent casting off of rules and procedures adopted from non-substantiated fear through the use of very few sensational occurrences.2016, Will C. Van Den Hoonaard, Ann Hamilton, editors, The Ethics Rapture: Exploring Alternatives for Formal Research Ethics Review, Toronto, Ont. […]: University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 347

Also used as

whying is also the present participle and gerund of why.

Questions about whying

What does whying mean?
Whying means the act of asking the question "why?".
What part of speech is whying?
Whying is a noun.

Words near whying in the dictionary

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

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