Associations to the word «Haply»

Wiktionary

HAPLY, adverb. (archaic) by accident or luck
HAPLY, adverb. (archaic) perhaps

Dictionary definition

HAPLY, adverb. By accident; "betrayed by a word haply overheard".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats