d'aventure

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French

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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d’aventure

  1. (literary) by chance
    Synonym: par hasard
    • 1916, Charles Le Goffic, Bourguignottes et pompons rouges, page 117:
      «Il pleuvait presque sans discontinuer depuis la Toussaint et quand, d’aventure, l’horizon se décrassait, les vents du large opprimaient tout l’espace […]. »
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Usage notes

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Generally follows the subordinating conjunction si (if): si d'aventure (if by any chance)