"whene'er" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "whene'er (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "whenever"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1884 January 5 (date it opened at the Savoy Theatre), Arthur Sullivan (music), W. S. Gilbert (libretto), Princess Ida; or, Castle Adamant",
          "text": "Whene'er I spoke / Sarcastic joke / Replete with malice spiteful, / This people mild / Politely smil'd, / And voted me delightful!"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Hannah Howell, Highland Champion, page 96",
          "text": "“Or mayhap he didnae want the trouble it could bring him whene'er he went home or visited his kinsmen.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Contraction of whenever."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ],
        [
          "whenever",
          "whenever#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal, poetic) Contraction of whenever."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "e'er"
        },
        {
          "word": "ne'er"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "contraction",
        "dialectal",
        "not-comparable",
        "poetic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wɛnˈɛə(ɹ)/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "whene'er"
}

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    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "whene'er (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "e'er"
    },
    {
      "word": "ne'er"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "whenever"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English 2-syllable words",
        "English adverbs",
        "English contractions",
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English poetic terms",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncomparable adverbs",
        "Rhymes:English/ɛə(ɹ)",
        "Rhymes:English/ɛə(ɹ)/2 syllables"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1884 January 5 (date it opened at the Savoy Theatre), Arthur Sullivan (music), W. S. Gilbert (libretto), Princess Ida; or, Castle Adamant",
          "text": "Whene'er I spoke / Sarcastic joke / Replete with malice spiteful, / This people mild / Politely smil'd, / And voted me delightful!"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Hannah Howell, Highland Champion, page 96",
          "text": "“Or mayhap he didnae want the trouble it could bring him whene'er he went home or visited his kinsmen.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Contraction of whenever."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ],
        [
          "whenever",
          "whenever#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal, poetic) Contraction of whenever."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "contraction",
        "dialectal",
        "not-comparable",
        "poetic"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wɛnˈɛə(ɹ)/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "whene'er"
}