nowhy
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]no + why; compare nowhere, nohow.
Adverb
[edit]nowhy (not comparable)
- (dialect) For no reason.
- 1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “In Which Two Comrades are Tête-à-Tête in Their Old Quarters, and Doctor Sturk’s Cue Is Cut Off, and a Consultation Commences”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume III, London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 139:
- "You must not talk that way, Devereux," he said, still a good deal more dismayed by his looks than his words. "Why are you so troubled with vapours and blue devils?"
"Nowhy!" said Devereux, with a grim smile.