Definition for Perhaps

perhaps, adv. [OFr < L. per, through, by, by means of + ON happ, chance, good luck.] (webplay: chance, kingdom, love, may).

  1. Maybe; possibly; it could be.
  2. By chance; if fortune deems.
  3. Haply; perchance; peradventure.

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