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peradventure

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per·ad·ven·ture  (pûrd-vnchr, pr-)
adv. Archaic
Perhaps; perchance.
n.
Chance or uncertainty; doubt.

[Middle English per aventure, from Old French, by chance : per, through (from Latin; see per) + aventure, chance; see adventure.]

peradventure [pərədˈvɛntʃə ˌpɜːr-] Archaic
adv
by chance; perhaps
n
chance, uncertainty, or doubt
[from Old French par aventure by chance]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.peradventure - doubt or uncertainty as to whether something is the case; "this proves beyond peradventure that he is innocent"
doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, uncertainty - the state of being unsure of something
Adv.1.peradventure - by chance; "perhaps she will call tomorrow"; "we may possibly run into them at the concert"; "it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time"
Translations
peradventure
adv (old: = perhaps) → vielleicht; if/lest peradventurefalls


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In life but few of them would have helped the whale, I ween, if peradventure he had needed it; but upon the banquet of his funeral they most piously do pounce.
Containing such grave matter, that the reader cannot laugh once through the whole chapter, unless peradventure he should laugh at the author.
The Sheriff thought he discovered, in the winner of the golden arrow, the person of Robin Hood without peradventure.
 
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