haply

American  

[hap-lee] / ˈhæp li /

adverb

Archaic.

1. perhaps; by chance.

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haply British  

/ ˈhæplɪ /

adverb

1. (sentence modifier) an archaic word for perhaps

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Etymology

Origin of haply

First recorded in 1325–75, haply is from the Middle English word hapliche. See hap ¹, -ly

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Example Sentences

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haply

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

In so doing, we may perchance cull some useful lesson, and ere they pass away for ever, haply profit by the experiences which they record.

From Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects by William Andrews

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

Mrs. Gray—no relation, haply, to the notorious “Dorian”—of 3 Chapel Street, Chelsea, deposed that Taylor stayed at her house from August 1893 to the end of that year.

From The Trial of Oscar Wilde From the Shorthand Reports by Anonymous

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