mabey

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mabey¹

adverb

  1. misspelling Misspelling of maybe

Mabey²

Where it comes from

Uncertain: it could be from a hypocoristic form of the Middle English female personal name Mabbe, or alternatively a variant of Mowbray.

proper noun Mabeys

  1. A surname from Middle English.

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"mabey." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mabey. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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mabey. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mabey

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"mabey." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mabey.

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@misc{mabey_2026,
  title = {mabey},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mabey},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}