Word Meanings - MAYBE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Perhaps; possibly; peradventure. Maybe the amorous count solicits her. Shak. In a liberal and, maybe, somewhat reckless way. Tylor.
Related words: (words related to MAYBE)
- COUNTERBRACE
To brace in opposite directions; as, to counterbrace the yards, i. e., to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another. - COUNTERACTIVE
Tending to counteract. - COUNTERVIEW
1. An opposite or opposing view; opposition; a posture in which two persons front each other. Within the gates of hell sat Death and Sin, In counterview. Milton M. Peisse has ably advocated the counterview in his preface and appendixx. - COUNTERFLEURY
Counterflory. - COUNTER WEIGHT
A counterpoise. - COUNTABLE
Capable of being numbered. - COUNTRY-DANCE
See MACUALAY - COUNTERJUMPER
A salesman in a shop; a shopman; -- used contemtuously. - COUNTERPLEAD
To plead the contrary of; to plead against; to deny. - COUNTER BRACE
The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel. - COUNTERIRRITANT; COUNTERIRRITATION
See A - COUNTER
A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a. (more info) Note: - COUNTERGUARD
A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire. - LIBERALIZE
To make liberal; to free from narrow views or prejudices. To open and to liberalize the mind. Burke. - AMOROUSNESS
The quality of being amorous, or inclined to sexual love; lovingness. - COUNTERACT
To act in opposition to; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract good advice. - COUNTRY SEAT
A dwelling in the country, used as a place of retirement from the city. - COUNTERTRIPPANT
Trippant in opposite directions. See Trippant. - COUNTERPART
One of two corresponding copies of an instrument; a duplicate. 3. A person who closely resembles another. 4. A thing may be applied to another thing so as to fit perfectly, as a seal to its impression; hence, a thing which is adapted to another - ENCOUNTERER
One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist. Atterbury. - ACCOUNTANTSHIP
The office or employment of an accountant. - ILLIBERALISM
Illiberality. - CLAMOROUS
Speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud; turbulent. "My young ones were clamorous for a morning's excursion." Southey. -- Clam"or*ous*ly, adv. -- Clam"or*ous*ness, - SPEED COUNTER
A device for automatically counting the revolutions or pulsations of an engine or other machine; -- called also simply counter. - ACCOUNTANCY
The art or employment of an accountant.