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 | ||