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chancy (adj.)

1510s, "lucky, foreboding good fortune," from chance (n.) + -y (2). Meaning "uncertain, subject to risk" is recorded from 1860.

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Definitions of chancy from WordNet

chancy (adj.)
of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk; "an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker;
Synonyms: chanceful / dicey / dodgy
chancy (adj.)
subject to accident or chance or change;
a chancy appeal at best
Synonyms: fluky / flukey / iffy
From wordnet.princeton.edu

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