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Meaning of CHANCY

Pronunciation:  'chansee

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  1. [adj]  (informal) subject to accident or chance or change; "a chancy appeal at best"; "getting that job was definitely fluky"; "a fluky wind"; "an iffy proposition"
  2. [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
 
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 Synonyms: chanceful, dangerous, dicey, dodgy, flukey, fluky, iffy, uncertain, unsafe
 

 

 

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Chancy
After battling gunslingers, Indians, and the ravages of the frontier, Chancy finally has a place of his own on his sprawling cattle ranch. But Chancy soon finds that his problems in the Old West have only just begun.

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