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Etymology edit

From Middle English forwhy, forwhi, from Old English forhwī, forhwȳ (why, wherefore). Equivalent to for +‎ why.

Conjunction edit

forwhy

  1. (obsolete) Because; for the reason that.
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.12:
      Then did he cast to steale her thence away, / And with him beare where none of her might know: / But all in vaine, for-why he found no way / To enter in []
    • 1863 February 22, Edward Lear, Letter from Edward Lear to Fortescue:
      But of the day—and of the weeks bygone, and of many other things—this deponent saith nil, whereby and forwhy he is going to bed.

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Adverb edit

forwhy

  1. for what reason, for what cause, why; the reason why, for the reason that
  2. on account of which
  3. inasmuch as, since, for
  4. for which reason, wherefore, therefore
  5. in order that, so that
  6. on the condition that, provided that, if