Antonyms for peradventure
Grammar : Adv, noun |
Spell : pur-uh d-ven-cher, per- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌpɜr ədˈvɛn tʃər, ˌpɛr- |
Definition of peradventure
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 possibly : adv by chance; in some way
- As in chance : noun fate, luck
- Peradventure they be gentlemen of repute, and might hit back.
- Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
- The danger is past, and they are safe beyond the possibility of a peradventure.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 3, April 16, 1870 » by Various
- "Peradventure the prisoner can explain how he came by the document," said Justice Hide.
- Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
- And would the men, peradventure, be wearing the livery of the House of Santafior?
- Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini
- The peradventure of that Cassy got before he could utter it.
- Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
- There was no impossibility there, no doubt even, or the peradventure of one.
- Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
- But, peradventure, it may be sagaciously urged, how is this?
- Extract from : « Moby Dick; or The Whale » by Herman Melville
- And you are going to make the North Pole beyond a peradventure.
- Extract from : « Doctor Jones' Picnic » by S. E. Chapman
- That worthy had his future fixed for him beyond a peradventure.
- Extract from : « Sister Carrie » by Theodore Dreiser
- Without meaning to boast, I may tell you that there is no peradventure in my shooting.
- Extract from : « The Gorilla Hunters » by R.M. Ballantyne
Synonyms for peradventure
- accident
- advantage
- adventure
- at all
- bad luck
- break
- by any chance
- by any means
- cast
- casualty
- coincidence
- conceivably
- contingency
- could be
- destination
- destiny
- doom
- even chance
- fluke
- fortuity
- fortune
- future
- gamble
- God willing
- good luck
- hap
- haphazard
- happening
- hazard
- heads or tails
- hit
- if possible
- in any way
- in the cards
- kismet
- likely
- lot
- lottery
- luck out
- lucky break
- maybe
- misfortune
- not impossibly
- occurrence
- odds
- outcome
- peradventure
- perchance
- perhaps
- peril
- probably
- providence
- risk
- stroke of luck
- throw of the dice
- toss-up
- turn of the cards
- way the cookie crumbles
- wheel of fortune
- within realm of possibility
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