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mayhap

adverb

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪhæp/

adv

Etymology: From the phrase “it may hap”.

  1. 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.