PERADVENTURE
Dictionary entry overview: What does peradventure mean? • PERADVENTURE (noun)
The noun PERADVENTURE has 1 sense:
1. doubt or uncertainty as to whether something is the case
Familiarity information: PERADVENTURE used as a noun is very rare.
• PERADVENTURE (adverb)
The adverb PERADVENTURE has 1 sense:
1. by chance
Familiarity information: PERADVENTURE used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PERADVENTURE (noun)
Meaning:
Doubt or uncertainty as to whether something is the case
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
this proves beyond peradventure that he is innocent
Hypernyms ("peradventure" is a kind of...):
doubt; doubtfulness; dubiety; dubiousness; incertitude; uncertainty (the state of being unsure of something)
• PERADVENTURE (adverb)
Meaning:
By chance
Synonyms:
maybe; mayhap; peradventure; perhaps; possibly; perchance
Context examples:
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
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