Mayhap

//ˈmeɪhæp// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Maybe; perhaps; possibly; perchance. archaic, not-comparable, rare

    "I'm one that has spoken to a King, I am: mayhap you'll never see such another […]"

Adverb
  1. 1
    by chance wordnet

Synonyms

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perchancemaybemaybemayhappenmayhappenperadventure

Example

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"I'm one that has spoken to a King, I am: mayhap you'll never see such another […]"

Etymology

From the phrase “it may hap”.

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