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adjective

chancy adj.

Depending on chance.

Synonyms: chanceful, dicey, dodgy, hazardous, risky.

Subject to accident or chance or change.

Synonyms: fluky, flukey, iffy.

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Etymology of 'Chancy'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Chancy" Quotes from Famous Books

... choice had to be made; and she chose at last a blue and white check that seemed to have borne its travels better than the rest. It had looked so fresh and striking in the window of the shop whence she had bought it. 'And you know, Miss Lucy, you're so tall, you can stand them chancy things'—her little friend had said to her, when she had wondered whether the check might not ...

— Eleanor • Mrs. Humphry Ward

... a certain wisdom in this, a wisdom of a dashing chancy nature. Fortune favours the brave; and the world certainly gives the most credit to those who are able to give an unlimited credit to themselves. But there was certainly risk in the life he led. The giving of elegant little dinners two or three times a week in London is an expensive ...

— The Bertrams • Anthony Trollope

... a chancy plan at best, and would probably break down long before any visit could be made to the city. But the revolt should be enough to free them from bondage, even if the slaves fled afterwards. There were less than fifty D'zertanoj at this well station, ...

— The Ethical Engineer • Henry Maxwell Dempsey

... other hand, a talent that manipulates chance events is bound to be chancy. No matter how highly developed it can't be surefire. The proof is that I've ...

— Accidental Death • Peter Baily

... a walie hammer; About the knottit buttress clam'er; Alang the steep roof stoyt an' stammer, A gate mis-chancy; On the aul' spire, the bells' hie cha'mer, Dance ...

— Underwoods • Robert Louis Stevenson

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