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mayhap

American  
[mey-hap, mey-hap] / ˌmeɪˈhæp, ˈmeɪˌhæp /

adverb

Archaic.

  1. perhaps.

mayhap British  
/ ˈmeɪˌhæp /

adverb

  1. an archaic word for perhaps

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Etymology

Origin of mayhap

First recorded in 1530–40; short for it may hap

Example Sentences

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Mayhap you have not many subscribers in the Green Mountain State but you surely cannot expect to gain any by such cheap tactics.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lest lapses should be chronic Mayhap this futile little rime Will prove a needful tonic!

From Time Magazine Archive

Mayhap, God willing, history will repeat itself in essential respects.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mayhap tank-toting gliders will whoosh down to buttress surprise offensives.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mayhap he was unhappy and longing for her and she would bring him back to the inn and take care of him as Girtle did Rosebud.

From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman

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