different between whyever vs whenever
whyever
English
Etymology
why +? ever
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): (with wine–whine merger) /wa???v?/, (without wine–whine merger) /?a???v?/
- (wine–whine merged)
- Rhymes: -?v?(r)
Adverb
whyever (not comparable)
- An emphatic form of why.
- Whyever would someone do that?
- For whatever reason.
- 1918, Wilson Follett, The Modern Novel: A Study of the Purpose and the Meaning of Fiction, page 79
- 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 ?
- 1975, Steven Polgar, Population, Ecology, and Social Evolution, page 74
- Whyever they began, there was no perceptible wolf at their door.
- 2006, David Weber, Linda Evans, Hell's Gate
- "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."
- 1918, Wilson Follett, The Modern Novel: A Study of the Purpose and the Meaning of Fiction, page 79
See also
Other emphatic forms of why:
- why on Earth
- why in God's name
- why oh why
- why in Sam Hill
- whysoever
Related terms
- however
- howsoever
- whatever
- whatsoever
- whenever
- whensoever
- wherever
- wheresoever
- whichever
- whoever
- whomever
- whomsoever
- whosoever
- wherever
- wheresoever
- whysoever
Translations
whyever From the web:
- what whatever
- what whatever means
- what whatever it takes
- what whatever after character are you
- what whatever it takes lyrics
- what's whatever major loser
- what whatever you want
- what whatever suits you
whenever
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /w??n?v?/, /hw??n?v?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /w??n?v?/
- Rhymes: -?v?(?)
Conjunction
whenever
- At any time that.
- Visit whenever you want to.
- Every time that.
- Whenever he has a pair of aces, his eyelids twitch.
- (Ireland, Southern US) When.
- Whenever I was a child, I lived in Arkansas.
Related terms
Translations
Adverb
whenever
- At any time.
- Feel free to visit whenever.
Translations
Anagrams
- everwhen
whenever From the web:
- what whenever means
- what whenever means in spanish
- what whenever possible
- whenever what ever
- whenever what does mean
- whenever what is meaning in hindi
- whenever what rhymes
- whenever what is tamil meaning
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