mayhap
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of mayhap
First recorded in 1530–40; short for it may hap
Example Sentences
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Indeed, mayhap many of them have much to give?
From Nature • Dec. 15, 2015
Perhaps, mayhap, you have not heard how our democracy Is inculcating millions with ideals both fine and free .
From Time Magazine Archive
As the Pope named these four, each cardinal present rose in his place, lifted his scarlet biretta as sign of agreement or mayhap retained it in firm objection.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now it seems, from the sale of these three ships, that the Hamburg-American Line is to go more on its own, that Harriman will concentrate more on his coastwise shipping, mayhap resume his railroad activities.
From Time Magazine Archive
The conjurer winked at the big, rough, red-hair white man and said, “If he can do that, he must have an unusually keen eye. Could he, mayhap, demonstrate his skill some other way?”
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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