whyever en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /waɪˈɛvɚ/ (US) wine–whine merger
- /ʍaɪˈɛvɚ/ (US) without the wine–whine merger
- (US) audio wine-whine
- (General-American) audio
Etymology
From why + -ever.
Meanings
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(interrogative, not-comparable) Why ever: an emphatic form of why.
Whyever would someone do that?
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(not-comparable, uncommon) For whatever reason.
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:"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:Whyever they began, there was no perceptible wolf at their door.
1975, Steven Polgar, Population, Ecology, and Social Evolution, page 74:You can use it whenever you want and whyever you want.
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(not-comparable, uncommon) Regardless of the reason (why).
I don't care what you want. Whyever you're here, please go away.
Relateds
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Translations (1)
it perché mai (for whatever reason)