peradventure
Possibly, in Shakespeare
Peradventure is an archaic or literary word meaning perhaps or possibly: Peradventure he will accept our offer.
As a noun, it means chance or uncertainty: beyond peradventure of doubt.
The word survives mainly in legal and religious contexts, where it lends formal gravity to statements about possibility or contingency.
Possibly, old-style
- perchanceArchaic word for maybe
- forsoothArchaic emphatic affirmation
- haplyBy fortune's whim
- belikeArchaic term for probably
verily · prithee · wherefore · hitherto · thence · albeit · whence · erstwhile
Lack of firm belief
- maybeExpression of uncertainty
- possiblyWith some likelihood
- questionablyIn a doubtful way
- conceivablyWithin imagination's reach
uncertainly · ambiguously · tentatively · hesitantly · indeterminately · unpredictably · dubiously · equivocally
Unplanned circumstance
- fortuneWealth or destiny
- luckChance affecting outcomes
- coincidenceUnplanned matching of events
- serendipityAccidental fortunate discovery
fluke · accident · randomness · fate · destiny · probability · odds · likelihood
mayhap
Possibly, old-style
belike · verily · prithee · wherefore · hitherto · thence · albeit · whence · erstwhile · betwixt
doubt
Lack of firm belief
- maybeExpression of uncertainty
- possiblyWith some likelihood
- questionablyIn a doubtful way
conceivably · uncertainly · ambiguously · tentatively · hesitantly · indeterminately · unpredictably · dubiously · equivocally · inconclusively
happenstance
Unplanned circumstance
- fortuneWealth or destiny
- luckChance affecting outcomes
- coincidenceUnplanned matching of events
serendipity · fluke · accident · randomness · fate · destiny · probability · odds · likelihood · contingency
peradventurecertainly
Without any doubt
undeniably · definitely · undoubtedly · assuredly · indubitably
adventure, perhaps, adventurous, adventures, adventurer, adventurers, misadventure, adventuress