mayhap

adv
/ˈmeɪhæp/

Etymology

From the phrase “it may hap”.

Definitions

  1. Maybe

    Maybe; perhaps; possibly; perchance.

    • I'm one that has spoken to a King, I am: mayhap you'll never see such another […]
    • Then I heard the rush, the stamping and neighing, of some young mares, pasturing there, as they raced to and fro, bewildered or mayhap only in play.
    • "If you're after some money," said the millionaire, "move that cat out of the way." Catweazle shook his head. "Mayhap 'tis a fetch."

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for mayhap. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA