Adverbial why has 1 sense
- why, how come - question word; what is the reason (`how come' is a nonstandard variant); "why are you here?"; "how come he got an ice cream cone but I didn't?"
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Noun why has 1 sense
- why, wherefore - the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'
--1 is a kind of reason, ground
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