per·haps

[per-haps]
adverb
maybe; possibly: Perhaps the package will arrive today.

Origin:
1520–30; earlier perhappes, perhapis by haps. See per, hap1, -s1

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perhaps (pəˈhæps, (informal) præps) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adv
1.  a.  possibly; maybe
 b.  (as sentence modifier): he'll arrive tomorrow, perhaps; perhaps you'll see him tomorrow
 
sentence substitute
2.  it may happen, be so, etc; maybe
 
[C16 perhappes, from per by + happes chance, hap1]

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Perhaps is always a great word to know.
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Word Origin & History

perhaps
1528, formed from M.E. per, par "by, through" + plural of hap "chance" (see happen), on model of peradventure, perchance, etc. which now have been superseded by this word.
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Example sentences
First it will become wireless and ubiquitous, crawling into the woodwork and
  perhaps even under our skin.
Perhaps nothing known to modern science is as unlikely and outrageous as the
  daily work of our genes.
Perhaps their members, particularly in the public sector, actually believed
  them.
Perhaps some one tells a story, or some one plays and everyone sings.
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