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peradventure
[ pur-uhd-ven-cher, per- ]
adverb
- Archaic. it may be; maybe; possibly; perhaps.
peradventure
/ ˌpɜːr-; pərədˈvɛntʃə /
adverb
- by chance; perhaps
noun
- chance, uncertainty, or doubt
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Word History and Origins
Origin of peradventure1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of peradventure1
C13: from Old French par aventure by chance
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Example Sentences
He could not feel any real happiness until he learned beyond peradventure that all was well.
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Further on we read, now the feathers you may peradventure find, but the headpiece for the most part is laid aside.
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The trumpet and the opening coffin indicate peradventure the resurrection.
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Fermor determines to try Custrin in the like way,—if peradventure Prussian soldiery be like Turk?
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And he clung to her the more desperately—as though by crushing her peradventure he might capture it.
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