Adverb
whyever (not comparable)
- (interrogative) Why ever: an emphatic form of why.
Whyever would someone do that?
- (uncommon) For whatever reason.
You can use it whenever you want and whyever you want.
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, (Please provide the book title or journal name):"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."
- (uncommon) Regardless of the reason (why).
I don't care what you want. Whyever you're here, please go away.
See also
Other emphatic forms of why: