maybe Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb by chance
    perchance; perhaps; possibly; peradventure; mayhap.
    • 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

WordNet

May"be adverb
Etymology
For it may be.
Definitions
  1. Perhaps; possibly; peradventure.
    Maybe the amorous count solicits her. Shak.
    In a liberal and, maybe, somewhat reckless way. Tylor.
May"be adjective
Definitions
  1. Possible; probable, but not sure. R.
    Then add those maybe years thou hast to live. Driden.
May"be noun
Definitions
  1. Possibility; uncertainty. R.
    What they offer is mere maybe and shift. Creech.

Webster 1913