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why'll

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[hwahy-uhl, wahy] / ˈʰwaɪ əl, ˈwaɪ /

  1. contraction of why will or why shall:

    Why'll it take so long?

Usage

See contraction.

Example Sentences

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"And why'll it fail, my young jackanapes?" the gambler blazed at him.

From Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts by Stellman, Louis J. (Louis John)

Now, why'll he be thankin' me," she muttered—"me that 'u'd die an' stay in hell forever for him?

From The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)

"And why'll they be safer there than in the house?"

From The Wild Geese by Weyman, Stanley John

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