adv
Meaning 1
By accident or luck.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, literary
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
haply
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/ˈhæpli/
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adv
Meaning 2
Perhaps; by chance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, literary
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
by accident
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- betrayed by a word haply overheard
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: by chance, by luck
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English happely, hapliche, happeliche; equivalent to hap + -ly.