perhaps

perhaps adv

OFr < L. per, through, by, by means of + ON happ, chance, good luck.

  1. Maybe; possibly; it could be.
  2. By chance; if fortune deems.
  3. Haply; perchance; peradventure.

perhaps n

see perhaps, adv.

  1. Possibility; uncertainty; the unknown; that which is beyond sight.