haply
pronunciation
How to pronounce haply in British English:
UK ['hæplɪ]
How to pronounce haply in American English:
US ['hæplɪ]
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- Adverb:
- by accident
Word Origin
- haply (adv.)
- "by chance; perhaps," late 14c., hapliche, from hap + -ly (2).
Example
- 1. And haply may forget .
- 2. Betrayed by a word haply overheard .
- 3. Haply I will fail to be a king .
- 4. Haply I may remember , and haply may forget .
- 5. Take heed , brethren , lest haply there shall be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief , in falling away from the living god .