perhaps Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb by chance
    perchance; maybe; 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


Per*haps" adverb
Etymology
Per + hap chance.
Definitions
  1. By chance; peradventure; perchance; it may be.
    And pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee. Acts viii. 22.

Webster 1913