perchance
adverb
No English definition recorded for this entry.
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Pronunciation: /ˌpɜːˈtʃɑːns/ / /pəˈtʃɑːns/ / /ˌpɜɹˈtʃæns/
adv
Etymology: From Middle English parchaunce, from Old French par cheance (“by chance”).
- Perhaps.
“You wouldn't, perchance, have a bottle opener on you, would you?”
“Perchance he for whom this bell tolls may be so ill, as that he knows not it tolls for him[…]”