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
“Great is Artemis of the Ephesians,” they had been used to shout; or haply, “Great is Aphrodité of the Pergamenes,” or “Bacchus of the Philadelphians.”
From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.
But to us it seemed that haply he knew well the time of his departure; and so he spent the night, awake, in giving of thanks.
From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, Cuthbert
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 Hutchinson, A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth)
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