Definitions for haply
ˈhæp lihap·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. haply, by chance, by luckadverb

   by accident

   "betrayed by a word haply overheard"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. haplyadverb

   by accident or luck

2. haplyadverb

   perhaps

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Haplyadverb

   Etymology: from hap.

   1. Perhaps; peradventure; it may be.

   This love of theirs myself have often seen,
   Haply when they have judg’d me fast asleep. William Shakespeare.

   To warn
   Us, haply too secure, of our discharge
   From penalty, because from death releas’d
   Some days. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. xi.

   Then haply yet your breast remains untouch’d,
   Though that seems strange. Nicholas Rowe, Royal Convert.

   Let us now see what conclusions may be found for instruction of any other state, that may haply labour under the like circumstances. Jonathan Swift, on the Dissent. in Athens and Rome.

   2. By chance; by accident.

   Leviathan, which God of all his works
   Created hugest, that swim the ocean stream,
   Him haply slumb’ring on the Norway foam,
   The pilot of some small night-founder’d skiff
   Deeming some island oft, as seamen tell,
   with fixed anchor in his scaly rind,
   Moors by his side. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. i.

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1. haply

   Haply is an adverb in English language that means "by chance" or "perhaps". It is often used in literary works or older pieces of writing.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Haplyadverb

   by hap, chance, luck, or accident; perhaps; it may be

Anagrams for haply »

1. phyla

How to pronounce haply?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say haply in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of haply in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of haply in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of haply in a Sentence

1. Magha:

   Two sources of success are known: wisdom and effort; make them both thine own, if thou wouldst haply rise.

2. Sophocles, Trachiniae:

   Rash indeed is he who reckons on the morrow, or haply on days beyond it; for tomorrow is not, until today is past.

3. Sophocles:

   Rash indeed is he who reckons on the morrow, or haply on days beyond it for tomorrow is not, until today is past.

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