haply
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of haply
First recorded in 1325–75, haply is from the Middle English word hapliche. See hap 1, -ly
Example Sentences
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As for me, when I feel gloomy in ways that recall the first eight lines, haply I think on Shakespeare, and feel better.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2013
I leave you but the sound of many a word In mocking echoes haply overheard, I sang to heaven.
From Time Magazine Archive
The best cheer, the finest wine, the best of everything is kept ready against the father's home-coming, which may be looked for any day, if haply he has escaped the doom of death.
From The Moral Instruction of Children by Felix Adler
All my poor fancy that haply thou mightst turn to me if I could be worthy of thee suddenly gone to dust that the winds sport.
From The Happy Warrior by A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson
Egbert, having heard the words of the vision, charged the brother that had told it him, not to tell it to any other, lest haply it should be a lying vision.
From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Cuthbert Bede
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