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mabey

mabey is the misspelling of maybe.

Meaning of maybe

Adverb

maybe (not comparable)

  1. Perhaps, possibly.
    • A small extra effort now can maybe save you much work later.
    Synonyms:
    mayhaps, peradventure, perhaps, possibly, could be, might be, that’s possible
  2. Perhaps that is true (expressing no commitment to a decision or a neutral viewpoint to a statement).
    • Okay. See you later, maybe. — Maybe I’ll see you later.2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
  3. (UK) Certainly.
    • Maybe not the best idea.

See all 7 meanings of maybe

Proper noun capitalized: Mabey

Mabey (plural Mabeys)

  1. A surname from Middle English.

Forms of mabey

pluralMabeys

Origin of mabey

Uncertain: it could be from a hypocoristic form of the Middle English female personal name Mabbe, or alternatively a variant of Mowbray.

Words formed from mabey

Phrases with mabey

Questions about mabey

What does mabey mean?
Mabey means a surname from Middle English.
What is mabey the misspelling of?
Mabey is the misspelling of maybe.
What part of speech is mabey?
Mabey is a proper noun.

Words near mabey in the dictionary

  1. Maberry
  2. Maberrys
  3. Mabery
  4. Maberys
  5. mabes
  6. mabey
  7. Mabey bridge
  8. Mabey bridges
  9. Mabeys
  10. Mabia
  11. Mabian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mabey (page history and authors); Mabey (page history and authors); maybe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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