Meaning & use
perchance
Perhaps, or possibly; an old-fashioned or literary word.
See it in a sentence
'Might I ask, perchance, where you are headed this evening?' the stranger said.
Perchance the letter was simply lost in the mail rather than ignored.
A note on using this word
Perchance is archaic and almost exclusively literary today, often evoking a Shakespearean tone rather than modern speech.
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