peradventure

Other forms: peradventures

Definitions of peradventure
  1. adverb
    by chance
    “it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time”
    synonyms: maybe, mayhap, perchance, perhaps, possibly
  2. noun
    doubt or uncertainty as to whether something is the case
    “this proves beyond peradventure that he is innocent”
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    type of:
    doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, uncertainty
    the state of being unsure of something
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