Wikidiffcom vs Wherewithal - What's the difference?
wikidiffcom | wherewithal |
The ability and means required to accomplish some task.
* I would like to help your project, but I do not have the wherewithal .
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=December 15
, author=Felicity Cloake
, title=How to cook the perfect nut roast
, work=Guardian
* 1986 , , Penguin, paperback edition, page 67:
(archaic) In what way; how.
* 1662 , , Psalm 119:9,
As a noun wherewithal is
the ability and means required to accomplish some task.As an adverb wherewithal is
(archaic) in what way; how.wikidiffcom
Not English
Wikidiffcom has no English definition. It may be misspelled.wherewithal
English
Noun
citation, page= , passage=Christmas queen Mary Berry's aubergine five-nut roast, from her Christmas Collection, is, as the name suggests, rather more focused on the nut side of things. Breadcrumbs play second fiddle to a medley of almonds, Brazils, chestnuts, pine nuts and pistachios which, although tangy with lemon juice and garlic, is outrageously dense. A single slice of this could leave you supine in front of the Queen's speech without even the wherewithal to reach for the remote control.}}
- "I just can't imagine," Philip said, "having that kind of self-knowledge, that kind of...wherewithal at fifteen.[...]"
Adverb
(-)- Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?
