perchance

[ per-chans, -chahns ]

/ pərˈtʃæns, -ˈtʃɑns /

Literary. perhaps; maybe; possibly.

Archaic. by chance.

Origin of perchance

1300–50; Middle English, variant of par chance by chance < Anglo-French. See per, chance

If, perchance, any discordant note was sounded it was speedily hushed.

Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions |Slason Thompson
If perchance the mother also possessed an inheritance that was also divided among the sons to the exclusion of daughters.

Woman, Church & State |Matilda Joslyn Gage
It was thought he had fled to Janjalla, or perchance to Acauhtzin; but in neither of those towns could he be discovered.

The Harlequin Opal, Vol. 3 (of 3) |Fergus Hume
He may, perchance, have heard the story told of a man who owned a barren piece of land bordering the seashore.

The Story of the Cambrian |C. P. Gasquoine

These look on and rejoice, perchance, in the joy of the juveniles.

In the Track of the Troops |R.M. Ballantyne

perchance

/ (pəˈtʃɑːns) /

perhaps; possibly

by chance; accidentally

C14: from Anglo-French par chance; see per, chance