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CHANCY (chancier, chanciest)
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, chanciest Dictionary entry overview: What does chancy mean?
• CHANCY (adjective)
The adjective CHANCY has 2 senses:
1. of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk
2. subject to accident or chance or change
Familiarity information: CHANCY used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Superlative: chanciest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk
Synonyms:
chanceful; chancy; dicey; dodgy
Context example:
an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog
Similar:
dangerous; unsafe (involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm)
Derivation:
chance (a risk involving danger)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Subject to accident or chance or change
Synonyms:
Context example:
an iffy proposition
Similar:
uncertain (not certain to occur; not inevitable)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
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