Usually means: Asking the reason or cause.
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  1. for why: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. for why: Wordnik
  3. for why: Wiktionary
  4. For why: Dictionary.com
  5. for why: FreeDictionary.org
  6. For why: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. For why: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (for why)

▸ adverb:  (obsolete except non-native speakers' English) For what reason; why.

Similar:
wherefore, wherefor, whyever, whereto, forthy, heerefore, herefor, whereunto, therefore, herefore, more...

Opposite:
for what purpose, for what reason, what for

Phrases:
for the reason why, more...

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Similar:
wherefore, wherefor, whyever, whereto, forthy, heerefore, herefor, whereunto, therefore, herefore, more...

Opposite:
for what purpose, for what reason, what for

Phrases:
for the reason why, more...



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