Synonyms for by chance
by chance

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1. perchance, by chanceadverb

   through chance, "To sleep, perchance to dream.."

   Synonyms:
   maybe, peradventure, by luck, perhaps, possibly, accidentally, circumstantially, perchance, unexpectedly, mayhap, haply

2. haply, by chance, by luckadverb

   by accident

   "betrayed by a word haply overheard"

   Synonyms:
   by luck, accidentally, unexpectedly, circumstantially, haply, perchance

3. by chance, accidentally, circumstantially, unexpectedlyadverb

   without advance planning

   "they met accidentally"

   Synonyms:
   by luck, incidentally, unintentionally, accidentally, circumstantially, perchance, unexpectedly, out of the blue, haply, minutely

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1. by chance

   Synonyms:
   perhaps, perchance, possibly, haply, PERADVENTURE, maybe, it may be, as luck may have it, as it happened

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1. Julia Pollak:

   Timing is everything, if you apply in the first week that a job is posted, you have a much higher chance of getting that job. Many hiring managers and companies only look at applications that come in during the first week.

2. Grace Huang:

   Everything has revolved around her case and our situation, we haven't had a chance to really say goodbye and mourn. We just really want to be able to honor her place in our lives with our friends and family and that hasn't happened yet.

3. John Selden:

   He that will give himself to all manner of ways to get money may be rich; so he that lets fly all he knows or thinks may by chance be satirically witty. Honesty sometimes keeps a man from growing rich, and civility from being witty.

4. David Abney:

   There are enough members of Congress that in the past have supported this that we think it is still a slight possibility this year, it would have to be in the lame-duck session, there is no doubt about that. And I am not at all predicting that this is going to happen, I'm saying we think there is a slight chance.

5. Del Potro:

   Hopefully after my third surgery, the problem is almost fixed and I am here, playing tennis again, i'm still confident in my game and still looking forward to playing with the top guys in the same condition, not like (Indian Wells), when I couldn't hit my backhand at 100 per cent. Maybe in the future I will get that chance.