Whyfor
adv, noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 A reason
"It is true that Congress authorized President […] Bush to commence air attacks on Iraq but there was no technical declaration of war. This should come as no surprise because the word "war," as well as an endless list of war metaphors, are an intrinsic part of everyday English usage. The wheres, whens and why-fores of how they are actually used is quite circumscribed."
- 1 why; for what reason dialectal, not-comparable
"An' if the folks that finally bumped him off knew he didn't aim to tell what he knew, whyfor did they figure they had to get rid of him?"
Example
More examples"An' if the folks that finally bumped him off knew he didn't aim to tell what he knew, whyfor did they figure they had to get rid of him?"
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