may be

See also: maybe

English

Adverb

may be

1. Misspelling of maybe.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see may,‎ be.
   • 1845, Andrew Ure, “ARROW ROOT”, in Recent Improvements in Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: […], London: […] Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, […], →OCLC, page 10:

     The presence of potato starch in arrow root may be discovered by the microscope.