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Meanings of peradventure in English

Portuguese
quiçá
Spanish
quizá

Expresses that a statement is uncertain.

quiçá

Challenge about the truth or accuracy of a matter.

Usage of peradventure in English
1
Bees keep it apart to indulge in it, peradventure, at revolutionary epochs.
The Confessions of a Beachcomber
2
The good character of plaintiff was demonstrated beyond peradventure of a doubt.
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 10
3
And so should he, by the eating of it, peradventure hinder another.
Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation / With Modifications To ...
4
It was so fortunate to meet him so, so accidentally and peradventure.
Twelve Men
5
Death is, peradventure, an indifferent thing; peradventure, a thing to be desired.
Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 18
6
While painting these, Michelangelo thought peradventure of his father and his brother.
The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti
7
God, who hath seen the rich rob me, will peradventure forgive me.
The Cloister and the Hearth
8
And here is another, from one that, peradventure, ye love the more.
The Young Captives: A Story of Judah and Babylon
9
That one must be buried deep, beyond all peradventure of involuntary resurrection.
The False Faces: Further Adventures from the History of the Lone...
10
It, peradventure, only appertains to that sole all-potent testimony to tell us.
Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 18
11
He knows, without any peradventure, everything that will happen throughout all eternity.
Love's Final Victory / Ultimate Universal Salvation on the Basis...
12
Alas, good Bon Bec,' said he; 'hadst starved peradventure but for me.
The Cloister and the Hearth
13
Afterwards, peradventure, we may find a little repose; but who can tell?
Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years ...
14
They are on a holiday in the free country of peradventure.
Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things
15
Go not; and your lives peradventure shall be given you for a prey.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2
16
Yet be thou silent; peradventure will I help thee some little.
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 5 (of 10)
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