haply adv 1: by accident; "betrayed by a word haply overheard" [syn: {haply}, {by chance}, {by luck}]
Haply \Hap"ly\ (h[a^]p"l[y^]), adv. By hap, chance, luck, or accident; perhaps; it may be. [1913 Webster] Lest haply ye be found even to fight against God. --Acts v. 39. [1913 Webster]