Doubt or uncertainty as to whether something is the case.

By chance:
— It may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time.

synonyms: maybe, mayhap, perchance, perhaps, possibly.

Roget 470: possibly, by possibility; perhaps, perchance, peradventure; maybe, may be, haply, mayhap.    if possible, wind and weather permitting, God willing, Deo volente [Lat.], D.   V.; as luck may have it.    ... show more