Maybe vs Aiblins - What's the difference?
maybe | aiblins |
(as a pro-sentence ) perhaps that is true (expressing no commitment to a decision or a neutral viewpoint to a statement)
Possible; uncertain.
(informal) Something that is possibly true.
(informal) An answer that shows neither agreement nor disagreement.
(informal) A future event that may or may not happen.
(Scotland, northern England) Perhaps, maybe.
* 1817 , (Walter Scott), Rob Roy , II.1:
*:‘I'll no say but she may aiblins hae been his honour's Squire Thorncliff's in her day–but she's mine now.’
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As adverbs the difference between maybe and aiblins
is that maybe is while aiblins is (scotland|northern england) perhaps, maybe .As an adjective maybe
is possible; uncertain.As a noun maybe
is (informal) something that is possibly true.maybe
English
(wikipedia maybe)Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete) * (l) (dialectal)Adverb
(-)Usage notes
* Do not confuse maybe' with ' may be : "Maybe that's true", but "That may be true"Synonyms
* (perhaps) mayhaps, peradventure, perhaps, possibly * (as a pro-sentence) could be, mayhaps, might be, perhaps, possibly, that’s possibleDerived terms
* and I don't mean maybeAdjective
(en adjective)- Then add those may-be years thou hast to live ? Dryden.
Noun
(en noun)- The results of the poll were inconclusive. We got two yeses, three nos, and four maybes.
- About your raise: it's a big maybe .