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whene'er

American  
[hwen-, wen-air, hwuhn-, wuhn-] / ʰwɛn-, wɛnˈɛər, ʰwən-, wən- /

conjunction

Literary.
  1. contraction of whenever.


whene'er British  
/ wɛnˈɛə /

adverb

  1. a poetic contraction of whenever

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Example Sentences

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I dine on rare and costly fare whene'er good fortune lets me, but there's no meal that can compare with those the missus gets me.

From Time Magazine Archive

His mansion is the minstrels’ home, You’ll find them there whene’er you come.

From The Welsh and Their Literature from The London Quarterly Review, January 1861, American Edition by Borrow, George Henry

Your angel too, how near befool'd was I Through him; I blush whene'er I see my father.

From The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise by Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim

She is a thief whene'er she smiles, For then she steals my heart from me, And keeps it with a maiden's wiles, And never sets it free.

From Poems by Macy, Arthur

Try me again; whene'er you please I'm ready: I think I cannot fear an army of them.

From Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love by Dryden, John

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