MAYHAP

possibly, perchance, perhaps, maybe, mayhap, peradventure

(adverb) by chance; “perhaps she will call tomorrow”; “we may possibly run into them at the concert”; “it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

From the phrase “it may hap”.

Adverb

mayhap (not comparable)

(archaic, rare) maybe, perhaps, possibly, perchance

Anagrams

• yampah

Source: Wiktionary


May"hap, adv.

Definition: Perhaps; peradventure. [Prov. or Dialectic]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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