English adverb: perchance | |||
1. | perchance through chance, | ||
Samples | To sleep, perchance to dream... | ||
Synonyms | by chance | ||
Domain usage | archaicism, archaism | ||
2. | perchance by chance | ||
Samples | Perhaps she will call tomorrow. We may possibly run into them at the concert. It may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time. | ||
Synonyms | maybe, mayhap, peradventure, perhaps, possibly | ||