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chancefully

chancefully adverb: by chance or coincidence.

Adverb

chancefully (comparative more chancefully, superlative most chancefully)

  1. by chance or coincidence
    • Would it not be wiser, even more manly, for him twice her years — to leave her alone with her secret, and so pass out of her innocent young life as chancefully as he had entered it?1895, Bret Harte, In a Hollow of the Hills, page 145

Forms of chancefully

comparativemore chancefully
superlativemost chancefully

Origin of chancefully

From Middle English chaunsfullyche, equivalent to chanceful + -ly.

Questions about chancefully

What does chancefully mean?
Chancefully means by chance or coincidence.
What part of speech is chancefully?
Chancefully is an adverb.

Words near chancefully in the dictionary

  1. chanced on
  2. chanced one's arm
  3. chanced the ducks
  4. chanced upon
  5. chanceful
  6. chancefully
  7. chancel
  8. chancel organ
  9. chancel organs
  10. chancel repair liabilities
  11. chancel repair liability

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