What does perchance mean?
Perchance means (dated or humorous) Perhaps..
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/ˌpɜːˈtʃɑːns/ · adverb
(dated or humorous) Perhaps..
You wouldn't, perchance, have a bottle opener on you, would you?
Perchance he for whom this bell tolls may be so ill, as that he knows not it tolls for him[…]
“Yet pull not down my palace towers, that are / So lightly, beautifully built: / Perchance I may return with others there / When I have purged my guilt.”
A great black bird, Apollyon's bosom-friend, / Sailed past, nor beat his wide wing dragon-penned / That brushed my cap—perchance the guide I sought.
Use perchance when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Perchance means (dated or humorous) Perhaps..
Common synonyms include perhaps, maybe, peradventure, mayhap.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
You wouldn't, perchance, have a bottle opener on you, would you?
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