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chancy
adjective
subject to accident or chance or change
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 6
- Starts with
- C
- Ends with
- Y
- Contains
- HANC
- Scrabble score
- 16
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
Meaning
Definitions
adjective
subject to accident or chance or change
“a chancy appeal at best”
adjective
of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk
“{'source': 'New Yorker', 'text': 'an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog'}”
In context
Example Sentences
a chancy appeal at best
getting that job was definitely fluky
a fluky wind
an iffy proposition
{'source': 'New Yorker', 'text': 'an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog'}
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