chancey
chancey is the alternative spelling of chancy.
Meaning of chancy
Adjective
chancy (comparative chancier, superlative chanciest)
- Uncertain; risky; hazardous.
- In winter steam contributes a fairly high proportion of its tractive effort, say 15 per cent, to heating the train. Diesels have at the moment separate oil-fired boilers which are somewhat chancy affairs, and only electric locomotives grab unlimited power for heating which does not affect their...1960 April, G. F. Fiennes, “Unpunctuality - the cause and the cure”, in Trains Illustrated, page 244
- Subject to chance; random.
- Lucky; bringing good luck.
- His haggard gaze swept this way and that, seeking possible succour where reason told him there could be no succour; and then as his vision pieced together this outjutting architectural feature and that into a coherent picture of his immediate surroundings he knew where he was. The one bit of chancy...1919, Irvin S. Cobb, The Life of the Party, page 49
Proper noun capitalized: Chancey
Chancey (plural Chanceys)
- A surname.
Forms of chancey
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more chancey |
| superlative | most chancey |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Chanceys |
Questions about chancey
- What does chancey mean?
- Chancey means a surname.
- What is chancey the alternative spelling of?
- Chancey is the alternative spelling of chancy.
- What part of speech is chancey?
- Chancey is a proper noun.
Words near chancey in the dictionary
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