Mayhaps

Part of speech: adverb

Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪhæps/

Definitions

1. It serves as a phrase denoting an uncertain possibility or chance regarding an event
2. Used to indicate a possibility when the outcome is not certain
3. A term that suggests something might happen or be true but is not definite

Etymology: "Mayhap" is "may" joined to "hap," an old word for chance or luck, so the word literally means something like "it may be by chance." That makes it a compound of two English elements, with an ending added on top. The final "-s" is the part that looks odd. It comes from a Proto-Germanic ending *-as, which passed through Proto-West Germanic and Old English as "-es" before wearing down to the "-s" seen today. The ending does not mark a plural here. It is simply a fossil of an older grammatical ending that survived on this one form.

Synonyms: perhaps, maybe, possibly