Mayhap
[mey-hap, mey-hap] /ˌmeɪˈhæp, ˈmeɪˌhæp/
adverb, Archaic.
1.
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/ˈmeɪˌhæp/
adverb
1.
an archaic word for perhaps
1530s, from phrase (it) may hap.
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