Adverb: maybe mey-bee
Usage: informal
- Expressing uncertainty or possibility; it could be that
"Maybe we'll run into each other at the party";
- possibly, perchance, perhaps, mayhap [archaic], peradventure [archaic]
Usage: informal
- Something that is possibly true; a possibility
"There are no guarantees, only maybes"
Derived forms: maybes
Encyclopedia: Maybe, Maybe Not