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chancely

chancely adverb: by chance.

Adverb

chancely (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) By chance.
    • But by the grace of Almighty Creator I found chancely such a wife in the wilderness, […]1894, George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates, Temple Bar, volume 103, page 248

Origin of chancely

From Middle English chauncely, chaunselich, equivalent to chance + -ly.

Questions about chancely

What does chancely mean?
Chancely means by chance.
What part of speech is chancely?
Chancely is an adverb.

Words near chancely in the dictionary

  1. chancelour
  2. chancelours
  3. chancelries
  4. chancelry
  5. chancels
  6. chancely
  7. chancemedley
  8. chancemedleys
  9. chancer
  10. chanceries
  11. chancers

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