I. ˈmābē, -bi sometimes -|bē; more often in dial than in stand speech ˈmebē or -ebi adverb
Etymology: Middle English may be, from may (I) + be, been to be — more at be
: possibly but not surely : not certainly : perhaps
II. noun
( -s )
: uncertainty , indecision
put all the imponderables, the ifs and maybes from his mind — B.I.Kahn