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This tag is for questions about correctly using a word. The word has to be provided within the question. The question should be limited to the usage of one word. For the usage of complete phrases there is the tag phrase-usage.
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Why aren't "nohow" and "nowhy" real words?
I just happened to stumble upon "nowhy" in The House by the Churchyard by J. Sheridan LeFanu (1863):
‘You must not talk that way, Devereux,’ [Puddock] said, still a good deal more dismayed by his loo …