mayhap
/ˈmeɪhæp/
mayhap adverb: maybe; perhaps; possibly; perchance.
Adverb
mayhap (not comparable)
- Maybe; perhaps; possibly; perchance.
- I'm one that has spoken to a King, I am: mayhap you'll never see such another […]1871, Lewis Carroll, chapter VI, in Through the Looking-Glass
- Then I heard the rush, the stamping and neighing, of some young mares, pasturing there, as they raced to and fro, bewildered or mayhap only in play.1895, Fiona Macleod, “The Sin-Eater”, in The Sin-Eater, The Washer of the Ford and Other Legendary Moralities, New York: Duffield & Co., page 12
Examples of mayhap in a sentence
- Mayhap she thought that was so, but the minister was frozen like Lot's wife.
- Not so big, mayhap, but fierce beyond measure, cunning, and gripsome o'life.
- Mayhap we have been in the same bousing ken or stalling ken at some time.
Origin of mayhap
From the phrase “it may hap”.
Words formed from mayhap
Questions about mayhap
- What does mayhap mean?
- Mayhap means maybe; perhaps; possibly; perchance.
- What part of speech is mayhap?
- Mayhap is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce mayhap?
- Mayhap is pronounced /ˈmeɪhæp/.
Words near mayhap in the dictionary
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