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maybe adverb [ ˈmeɪbiː ]

• perhaps; possibly.
• "maybe I won't go back"
Similar: perhaps, possibly, conceivably, it could be (that), it is possible (that), for all one knows, happen, peradventure, perchance, mayhap, haply, percase,

maybe noun

• a mere possibility or probability.
• "no ifs, buts, or maybes"
Origin: late Middle English: from the phrase it may be (that) .

that's as maybe

• used to admit the truth of a point in an argument before introducing another, more important point.
"well, that's as maybe but it's not the way the BBC works"



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