perchance

Adverb
US[per-chans]/pɚˈtʃæns/2 syllables
Synonyms: by chancepossiblyperhapsmaybemayhapperadventure

Open English WordNet

Adverb (2)

  1. through chance“To sleep, perchance to dream …”Synonyms: by chance
  2. by chance“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: possiblyperhapsmaybemayhapperadventure
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Per·chance′ (pẽr-chȧns′), adverb

Origin: F. par by (L. per) + chance. See Par, and Chance.

By chance; perhaps; peradventure.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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