haply

Adverb
Synonyms: by chanceby luck

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Adverb (1)

  1. by accident“betrayed by a word haply overheard”Synonyms: by chanceby luck
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Hap′ly (hăp′ly̆), adverb

By hap, chance, luck, or accident; perhaps; it may be.

Lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.— Acts v. 39.

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

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