Chancy
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chancy¹
- /ˈtʃænsi/
- /ˈtʃɑːnsi/
Rhymes with -ænsi, -ɑːnsi
Where it comes from
From chance + -y.
adjective chancier · chanciest · chancey
- Uncertain; risky; hazardous. In winter steam contributes a fairly high proportion of its tractive effort, say 15 per cent, to heating the train. Diesels have at the moment separate oil-fired boilers which are somewhat chancy affairs, and only electric locomotives grab unlimited power for heating which does not affect their punc
- Subject to chance; random.
- Lucky; bringing good luck. His haggard gaze swept this way and that, seeking possible succour where reason told him there could be no succour; and then as his vision pieced together this outjutting architectural feature and that into a coherent picture of his immediate surroundings he knew where he was. The one bit of chancy
Chancy²
Rhymes with -ænsi
proper noun
- An English surname from Old French.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
