Meaning

2 senses

  1. (archaic, literary)By accident or luck.

    by accident

  2. (archaic, literary)Perhaps; by chance.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Words haply spoken usually are easy to forget.

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  2. This too sometime we shall haply remember with delight.

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  3. Haply the fate of Priam thou would'st know.

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Origin

Inherited from Middle English happely, hapliche, happeliche; equivalent to hap + -ly.

Inherited from Middle English happely, hapliche, happeliche; equivalent to hap + -ly.

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
haphazardC2haplessC2happenA1happening
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