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- Dictionarychancy/ˈtʃɑːnsi/
adjective
- 1. involving risks and uncertainty: informal "football coaching is a chancy business"
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The meaning of CHANCY is bringing good luck : auspicious. How to use chancy in a sentence.
Chancy definition: uncertain, hazardous, or risky.. See examples of CHANCY used in a sentence.
noun. COBUILD frequency band. chancy in American English. (ˈtʃænsi; ˈtʃɑnsi) adjectiveWord forms: ˈchancier or ˈchanciest. 1. risky; uncertain. 2. Scottish. bringing good luck. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Derived forms.
Definitions of chancy. adjective. subject to accident or chance or change. “a chancy appeal at best”. synonyms: flukey, fluky, iffy. uncertain. not certain to occur; not inevitable. adjective. of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk.
Definition of chancy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define chancy. chancy synonyms, chancy pronunciation, chancy translation, English dictionary definition of chancy. adj. chanc·i·er , chanc·i·est 1. Uncertain as to outcome; risky; hazardous. 2. Random; haphazard. 3. Scots Lucky; propitious. chanc′i·ness n.
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