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  1. adverb Perhaps; possibly.
  2. noun Informal An uncertainty: There are so many maybes involved in playing the stock market.
  3. noun Informal An uncertain reply: It's better to receive a fast and honest no than a drawn-out maybe.

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  1. Also dial. mebbe; an ellipsis of it may be. Cf. mayhap.
  2. from maybe, adv.
 

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