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Antonyms for maybe


Grammar : Adv
Spell : mey-bee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmeɪ bi



Definition of maybe

Origin :
  • early 15c., from (it) may be; see may (v.1) + be (v.). Still sometimes written as two words early 19c.
  • adv possibly
Example sentences :
  • Maybe he museth, but he had scarce a word to say for himself.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • I wonder you got the nerve to sit there now with maybe ten men trailin' you to this cabin.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • By the way, if you're out of Hal's country, maybe you know Lanning, too?
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Maybe the thought that the dead are lost to us was too unbearable.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • Maybe yourself and Eamon would make a coffin when the sun rises.
  • Extract from : « Riders to the Sea » by J. M. Synge
  • Give her the stick, Nora, or maybe she'll slip on the big stones.
  • Extract from : « Riders to the Sea » by J. M. Synge
  • Maybe I've just got used to the idea, but it doesn't seem so bad to me now.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Shaw said she we can tend to everything all right so maybe I will come.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • It is three hours now, maybe, since we returned from Mrs. Baker's Sunday dinner.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • Maybe we can get that grass widow to come and keep house for us.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower

Synonyms for maybe

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