Perchance
//ˌpɜɹˈtʃæns// adv
adv ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 Perhaps. dated, not-comparable
"You wouldn't, perchance, have a bottle opener on you, would you?"
Adverb
- 1 by chance wordnet
- 2 through chance wordnet
Example
More examples"To sleep, perchance to dream; aye, there's the rub, for in that sleep of death, what dreams may come when we have shuffled off this mortal coil must give us pause."
Etymology
From Middle English parchaunce, from Old French par cheance (“by chance”).
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