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chancily

chancily adverb: in a chancy manner.

Adverb

chancily (comparative more chancily, superlative most chancily)

  1. In a chancy manner.

Forms of chancily

comparativemore chancily
superlativemost chancily

Origin of chancily

From chancy + -ly.

Questions about chancily

What does chancily mean?
Chancily means in a chancy manner.
What part of speech is chancily?
Chancily is an adverb.

Words near chancily in the dictionary

  1. Chanchana
  2. chanchito
  3. chanchitos
  4. chancier
  5. chanciest
  6. chancily
  7. chanciness
  8. chancinesses
  9. chancing
  10. chancing on
  11. chancing one's arm

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