whene'er

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɛnˈɛə(ɹ)/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)

Adverb

whene'er (not comparable)

  1. (dialectal or poetic, otherwise archaic) Contraction of whenever.
    • 1875, Thomas Payne Westendorf (lyrics and music), “I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen”:
      "Your voice is sad whene'er you speak / and tears bedim your loving eyes."
    • 1884 January 5 (date it opened at the Savoy Theatre), Arthur Sullivan (music), W. S. Gilbert (libretto), Princess Ida; or, Castle Adamant:
      Whene'er I spoke / Sarcastic joke / Replete with malice spiteful, / This people mild / Politely smil'd, / And voted me delightful!
    • 2009, Hannah Howell, Highland Champion, →ISBN, page 96:
      “Or mayhap he didnae want the trouble it could bring him whene'er he went home or visited his kinsmen.”

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