See also: <span class="searchmatch">why</span>-<span class="searchmatch">not</span> <span class="searchmatch">why</span> <span class="searchmatch">not</span> (<span class="searchmatch">not</span> comparable) <span class="searchmatch">Why</span> is that so? (for a negative statement) I don't want to go out today. — <span class="searchmatch">Why</span> <span class="searchmatch">not</span>? (rhetorical) Used to state...
See also: <span class="searchmatch">why</span> <span class="searchmatch">not</span> <span class="searchmatch">why</span>-<span class="searchmatch">not</span> (obsolete) A violent and peremptory procedure without any assigned reason; a sudden conclusive happening. 1662 (indicated as...
<span class="searchmatch">why</span> come whyever <span class="searchmatch">why</span> for <span class="searchmatch">why</span> God invented <span class="searchmatch">why</span> in God's name <span class="searchmatch">why</span> in the world <span class="searchmatch">why</span> in time <span class="searchmatch">why</span> keep a dog and bark yourself <span class="searchmatch">why</span> me <span class="searchmatch">why</span>-<span class="searchmatch">not</span> <span class="searchmatch">why</span> <span class="searchmatch">not</span> <span class="searchmatch">why</span> not...
<span class="searchmatch">why</span> on Earth? (idiomatic) used to add emphasis to "<span class="searchmatch">why</span>" when beginning a question. <span class="searchmatch">Why</span> on Earth are you pouring vinegar in your drink? <span class="searchmatch">why</span> in the world...
that's <span class="searchmatch">why</span> (<span class="searchmatch">not</span> comparable) a statement to emphasise the reason or explanation just given the reason...
<span class="searchmatch">why</span> for (<span class="searchmatch">not</span> comparable) (dialect) What for; for what reason; <span class="searchmatch">why</span>. 1914, The Smart Set: A Magazine of Cleverness, volume 42, page 96: "<span class="searchmatch">Why</span> for didn't you...
of <span class="searchmatch">why</span> does. <span class="searchmatch">Why's</span> he want to do that? <span class="searchmatch">why's</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">why</span> Alternative forms: whys, <span class="searchmatch">whies</span> 1977: I was never able to stop the search for the <span class="searchmatch">why's</span> and...
for <span class="searchmatch">why</span> (<span class="searchmatch">not</span> comparable) (obsolete except non-native speakers' English) For what reason; <span class="searchmatch">why</span>. 2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes...
<span class="searchmatch">why</span> in the world ...? (idiomatic) used to add emphasis to “<span class="searchmatch">why</span>” in a question. <span class="searchmatch">Why</span> in the world would you spend so much money on a toy? <span class="searchmatch">why</span> on Earth why...
<span class="searchmatch">whies</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">why</span> <span class="searchmatch">whies</span> third-person singular simple present indicative of <span class="searchmatch">why</span> wishe...