perchance
English
Etymology
From Middle English parchaunce, from Old French par cheance (“by chance”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /pɜː(ɹ)ˈtʃɑːns/
- Rhymes: -ɑːns
Adverb
perchance (not comparable)
- perhaps; by chance
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XXVII:
- A great black bird, Apollyon's bosom-friend, / Sailed past, nor beat his wide wing dragon-penned / That brushed my cap—perchance the guide I sought.
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XXVII:
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