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# perchance

«perchance» in Mova's school dictionary: **Perhaps; possibly, by chance** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (old use)

### meaning for a pupil

Perhaps; possibly, by chance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perchance/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales, a king or lord wonders aloud whether something may be true

### examples

- Well, my lord King, were you frightened, perchance? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perchance/#x1)
- Was he thinking, perchance, of his fair young wife? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perchance/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [Then said David to Jonathan: 'Who shall tell me if perchance thy father answer thee roughly?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.585/)
- [The image perchance, which the craftsman hath melted, and the goldsmith spread over with gold, the silversmith casting silver chains?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.856/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «perchance» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perchance/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.