whate'er
[ hwuht-air, hwot-, hwuh t-, wuht-, wot-, wuh t- ]
/ ʰwʌtˈɛər, ʰwɒt-, ʰwət-, wʌt-, wɒt-, wət- /
pronoun, adjective Literary.
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Nearby words
what-you-may-call-it, whata, whataboutery, whataboutism, whatchamacallit, whate'er, whatever, whatevs, whatnot, whatsis, whatsit
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