perchance

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adverb through chance,
  2. adverb by chance

Etymology

From Middle English parchaunce, from Old French par cheance (“by chance”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

by chance

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