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peradventure
[ pur-uhd-ven-cher, per- ]
adverb
- Archaic. it may be; maybe; possibly; perhaps.
peradventure
/ pərədˈvɛntʃə; ˌpɜːr- /
adverb
- by chance; perhaps
noun
- chance, uncertainty, or doubt
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Origin of peradventure1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of peradventure1
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Example Sentences
My general take is my son’s father-in-law is pretty much sanctimonious beyond all peradventure.
He could not feel any real happiness until he learned beyond peradventure that all was well.
Further on we read, now the feathers you may peradventure find, but the headpiece for the most part is laid aside.
The trumpet and the opening coffin indicate peradventure the resurrection.
Fermor determines to try Custrin in the like way,—if peradventure Prussian soldiery be like Turk?
And he clung to her the more desperately—as though by crushing her peradventure he might capture it.
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