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haply

UK/ˈhæpli/ uncommon archaic literary

adverb

1.

by accident

  • “betrayed by a word haply overheard”
Synonyms

Origin

Inherited from Middle English happely, hapliche, happeliche; equivalent to hap + -ly.

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