whene'er
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wɛnˈɛə(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Adverb
whene'er (not comparable)
- (dialectal, poetic) Contraction of whenever.
- 1884 January 5 (date it opened at the Savoy Theatre), Arthur Sullivan (music), W. S. Gilbert (libretto), Princess Ida; or, Castle Adamant:
- Whene'er I spoke / Sarcastic joke / Replete with malice spiteful, / This people mild / Politely smil'd, / And voted me delightful!
- 2009, Hannah Howell, Highland Champion, →ISBN, page 96:
- “Or mayhap he didnae want the trouble it could bring him whene'er he went home or visited his kinsmen.”
- 1884 January 5 (date it opened at the Savoy Theatre), Arthur Sullivan (music), W. S. Gilbert (libretto), Princess Ida; or, Castle Adamant:
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