Dictionary entry

Peradventure

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Per′ad‐ven″ture (?), adv. & conj. [OE. per aventure, F. par aventure. See Per, and Adventure.] By chance; perhaps; it may be; if; supposing. “If peradventure he speak against me.” Shak.

Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city. Gen. xviii. 24.