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perhappenstance

perhappenstance adverb: perhaps.

Adverb

perhappenstance (not comparable)

  1. (humorous, nonstandard, rare) Perhaps.
    • "Shove it," Sam concluded, and then went out, but came in soon, from the numbing cold of the Iranian plain, where he had been assistant-in-the-way in a half-cracked but hell-bent search for the elusive and abominable, so-called, snowman, or a facsimile reasonably thereof, perhappenstance, sponsored...1976 Spring, George W. Smyth, “Bending Hell”, in South Dakota Review, volume 14, number 1, Vermillion, S.D.: University of South Dakota, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 90
    • and just perhappenstance why shouldn;t^([sic]) YOU 'get over it' and stop supporting plagarism?^([sic])2001 February 23, JnyVee., “Eminem Bites”, in rec.audio.pro (Usenet)

Origin of perhappenstance

Blend of perhaps + happenstance.

Questions about perhappenstance

What does perhappenstance mean?
Perhappenstance means perhaps.
What part of speech is perhappenstance?
Perhappenstance is an adverb.

Words near perhappenstance in the dictionary

  1. Perham
  2. Perham Down
  3. perhamite
  4. Perhams
  5. perhap
  6. perhappenstance
  7. perhaps
  8. perhapser
  9. perhapsers
  10. perhapses
  11. perhapsy

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