Origin: Latin
suffix -ance
By chance has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:
Adverb
· Prep_phrase
Adverb
1
through chance
"To sleep, perchance to dream..."
2
by accident
"betrayed by a word haply overheard"
3
without advance planning
"they met accidentally"
Prep_phrase
1
Unexpectedly, accidentally; without foreplanning.
Example Sentences
"To sleep, perchance to dream..."
adverb
"betrayed by a word haply overheard"
adverb
"they met accidentally"
adverb