adverb#79 by frequency
why
/waɪ̯/
For what cause, reason, or purpose.; Introducing a complete question; Introducing a complete question.; With a negative, used rhetorically to make a suggestion
Meanings
- 1
For what cause, reason, or purpose.; Introducing a complete question
Why is he doing that?
Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC BY 2.0 FR
Why did she do that?
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
For what cause, reason, or purpose.; Introducing a complete question.; With a negative, used rhetorically to make a suggestion
- 3
For what cause, reason, or purpose.; Introducing a verb phrase (bare infinitive clause)
- 4
For what cause, reason, or purpose.; Introducing a noun or other phraserare
- 5
For which cause, reason, or purposerare
- 6
The cause, reason, or purpose for whichrare