haply /ˈhæpli/ adverb2 •(literary, no longer used) Perhaps; by chance."O my lord the Sultan," said the other [the Wazir], "verily women be weakly of wits, and haply this goodwife cometh hither to complain before thee against her goodman or some of her people." — 1885 •(literary, no longer used) By accident or luck.
