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by any chance

by any chance prepositional phrase: used to ask a question more politely.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Used to ask a question more politely
    • Are you by any chance looking for a new staff member?
    • You wouldn't like to come, by any chance?
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see by, any, chance.
    • A perai itself, if wounded by any chance, is at once attacked and devoured by its fellows.1895, Charles Conrad Abbott, Young Folks' Cyclopedia of Natural History, page 599

by any chance meaning in Malay

by any chance in Malay

possibly; perhaps
agaknya, agak-agaknya, kalau boleh

Synonyms of by any chance

Questions about by any chance

What does by any chance mean?
By any chance means used to ask a question more politely.
What is by any chance in Malay?
By any chance in Malay is agaknya, agak-agaknya, kalau boleh. See By any chance meaning in Malay.
What part of speech is by any chance?
By any chance is a prepositional phrase.

Words near by any chance in the dictionary

  1. by Allah
  2. by an eyelash
  3. by and by
  4. by and bye
  5. by and large
  6. by any chance
  7. by any means
  8. by any measure
  9. by any stretch
  10. by any stretch of the imagination
  11. by blood

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