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Meaning of why-not | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A violent and peremptory procedure without any assigned reason; a sudden conclusive happening.

obsolete

Examples

“When the church / Was taken with a why-not in the lurch.”
“This game […] was like to have been lost with a why-not.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

why'd why'm why'n't why're why's Whyalla

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