Antonyms for peradventures

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pur-uh d-ven-cher, per-

Phonetic Transcription : ˌpɜr ədˈvɛn tʃər, ˌpɛr-

Definition of peradventures

Origin : 1620s, from Middle English peraventure (mid-15c.), from per auenture (late 13c.), from Old French par aventure (see adventure). Refashioned as though from Latin.

As in chance : noun fate, luck

Example sentences :

It is full of “buts,” and “ifs,” and “maybes,” and “peradventures.”
Extract from : « My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year » by John Henry Jowett

De Quincey loved the shiftless, nomadic life, and gloried in uncertainties and peradventures.
Extract from : « The Vagabond in Literature » by Arthur Rickett

A matter of such vital importance ought not to have been trusted to the peradventures and influences of society.
Extract from : « Was It Right to Forgive? » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

But Johnson has heroically set all peradventures at defiance, and takes the whole charge upon himself.
Extract from : « The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IV (of X)--Great Britain and Ireland II » by Various

Without this light, that land is a land of darkness, lighted only by glimmering sparks of conjectures and peradventures.
Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon » by Alexander Maclaren

Synonyms for peradventures

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