单词 | haply |
释义 | haplyadv. Now archaic and poetic. (a) Perhaps, possibly; maybe. Cf. mayhap adv. (b) By chance, by accident; (also) luckily, fortunately (contextually: unfortunately). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adverb] feringc1000 feringlya1300 by casec1300 chancefully1303 lotc1325 peradventurec1325 of chance1330 happilya1375 in hapa1375 upon hapsa1375 casuallyc1384 perchancec1387 chancely1389 by fortune1390 haplyc1390 by (also of) adventurea1393 percasea1393 adventurelyc1400 percase1402 accidently?a1425 adventurously1440 by (good, lucky, etc.) hap?a1450 accidentally1528 chanceably1559 bechance1569 chance1595 casual-wise1601 accidental1622 occasionally1622 fortuitouslya1652 contingently1668 by chance1669 chanceable1709 per-hazard1788 chance-wise1844 c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. vi. l. 104 Þe dore I-closet..to [kepe] þe þer-oute; Hapliche [c1400 Trin. Cambr. R.3.14 happily], an Hundred ȝer er þou eft entre. a1400 Siege Jerusalem (Laud) (1932) l. 1232 (MED) Þe wye on þe walle..deyd..& haplich was had away, how, wyst I neuere. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts v. 39 Lest haply ye be founde to stryve agaynst god. 1583 T. Churchyard in R. Robinson tr. Aunc. Order Prince Arthure Commend. sig. ***4 And haply makes when horse is hurt, the mounted man alight. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. ii. 46 If haply you my father doe suspect. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 378 My dwelling haply may not please..your sense. View more context for this quotation 1703 N. Rowe Fair Penitent i. i. 147 Hap'ly I stole unheeded to her Chamber. 1751 T. Gray Elegy xxiv. 10 Haply some hoary-headed swain may say [etc.]. 1810 W. Sotheby Constance De Castile viii. viii. 127 Haply, 'twas conscience-haunted guilt, Blood of the brave, unjustly spilt. a1862 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1871) III. v. 481 This age, haply, may not witness the emancipation. 1908 F. W. Bourdillon Preludes & Romances 43 Throned Religion quails, Sick in her heart lest haply in the end Her good God cannot His own name defend. 1994 Amer. Spectator Aug. 20/2 Or haply hast thou lost thy MasterCard, and cruel need restored thee to our halls? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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