haply
By mere chance
Haply is an archaic or literary adverb meaning perhaps or by chance: Haply some poison yet doth hang on them.
The word appears primarily in older texts, particularly Shakespeare and the King James Bible.
Modern writers occasionally use it for deliberate archaism or poetic effect.
Archaic word for maybe
- mayhapPossibly, old-style
- forsoothArchaic emphatic affirmation
- pritheeArchaic entreaty word
- whereforeFor what purpose
betwixt · hither · thither · verily · anon · methinks · whence · albeit
With some likelihood
- maybeExpression of uncertainty
- conceivablyWithin imagination's reach
- perchanceArchaic word for maybe
- accidentallyWithout intent or design
fortuitously · coincidentally · serendipitously · randomly · unexpectedly · contingently · incidentally
Chance affecting outcomes
- fatePredetermined course of events
- destinyPredetermined course of events
- providenceDivine protective care
- kismetPreordained future outcome
serendipity · fortuity · happenstance · windfall · blessing · boon · auspicious · fortunate
perchance
Archaic word for maybe
wherefore · betwixt · hither · thither · verily · anon · methinks · whence · albeit · henceforth
possibly
With some likelihood
- maybeExpression of uncertainty
- conceivablyWithin imagination's reach
- perchanceArchaic word for maybe
accidentally · fortuitously · coincidentally · serendipitously · randomly · unexpectedly · contingently · incidentally
luck
Chance affecting outcomes
- fatePredetermined course of events
- destinyPredetermined course of events
- providenceDivine protective care
kismet · serendipity · fortuity · happenstance · windfall · blessing · boon · auspicious · fortunate · propitious
verse
Metered poetic passage
elegy · Spenser · Shakespeare · Milton · Chaucer · archaism · meter · stanza · diction · literary
haplyintentionally
By conscious choice
deliberately · by design · purposely · designedly · on purpose
- happy birthdayCelebratory natal salutation
- happy endingStory concludes well
- happily ever afterTraditional story's final promise
- be happyExperience positive emotional state
- what's happeningCasual status inquiry
- about to happenSoon to occur
happy, happen, unhappy, happiness, perhaps, happily, happening, mishap, unhappily