MAYBE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does maybe mean? 

• MAYBE (adverb)
  The adverb MAYBE has 1 sense:

1. by chance

  Familiarity information: MAYBE used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAYBE (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

By chance

Synonyms:

maybe; mayhap; peradventure; perchance; perhaps; possibly

Context example:

it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time

 Context examples 

And I'll not deny neither but what some of my people was shook—maybe all was shook; maybe I was shook myself; maybe that's why I'm here for terms.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

But maybe you are the surgeons.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then maybe you remember something queer about it?

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You’d be as warm, maybe, if you were as pestered as I am.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And Sitka Charley, standing upright, maybe falls down and stands upright again.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

"She—I—well, you see, it's this way: maybe she won't be there. She goes to the university."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

These metabolites are excreted in urine that maybe used as indicators for pituitary responsiveness.

(Metyrapone, NCI Thesaurus)

Maybe you’ve heard or read about its potential benefits.

(Can Chocolate Really Be Good for You?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Maybe groups needed to be big to protect their villages and fields.

(Scientists chart a baby boom in southwestern Native Americans from 500 to 1300 A.D., NSF)

Maybe reproduction, brain processing, and regeneration are closer than we think.

(Scientists Help Frogs to Regenerate Their Limbs with Bioreactor Device, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)