English

Adverb

mayhap ‎(not comparable)

1. (rare) maybe, perhaps, possibly, perchance:
   • 1871, Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass, Chapter VI,

     I'm one that has spoken to a King, I am: mayhap you'll never see such another […]

   • 1895, Fiona Macleod, "The Sin-Eater" in The Sin-Eater, The Washer of the Ford and Other Legendary Moralities, New York: Duffield & Co., p. 12,

     Then I heard the rush, the stamping and neighing, of some young mares, pasturing there, as they raced to and fro, bewildered or mayhap only in play.

   • 1983, Peter De Vries, Slouching Towards Kalamazoo, Boston: Little, Brown & Co., Chapter 4, p. 50,

     Who would not adore Mom and admire old Ma Pettigrew? There is one of each on your street, the younger mayhap heading for the trib­ulations already unmurmuringly borne by the older.

Derived terms

• mayhaps