かりに
supposing that, even if
Turn the thing over and stand it up as though it were so, which is not the same as it being so. Carry かり it に as a maybe, not a fact. Even if it were true: かりに.
もし is if. 仮に is supposing for the sake of argument, and it is the more formal of the two.
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