chancy (redirected from chanciness)

chanc·y  (chns)

adj. chanc·i·er, chanc·i·est

1. Uncertain as to outcome; risky; hazardous.

2. Random; haphazard.

3. Scots Lucky; propitious.

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chanci·ness n.

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chancy, chancey [ˈtʃɑːnsɪ]

adj chancier, chanciest

Informal of uncertain outcome or temperament; risky

chancily  adv

chanciness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	chancy - of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk; "an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker chanceful, dicey, dodgy dangerous, unsafe - involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm; "a dangerous criminal"; "a dangerous bridge"; "unemployment reached dangerous proportions"
	2.	chancy - subject to accident or chance or change; "a chancy appeal at best"; "getting that job was definitely fluky"; "a fluky wind"; "an iffy proposition" flukey, fluky, iffy colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech uncertain - not certain to occur; not inevitable; "everything is uncertain about the army"; "the issue is uncertain"

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chancy

adjective (Informal) risky, dangerous, uncertain, dodgy (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. slang), hazardous, speculative, perilous, problematical, dicey (informal, chiefly Brit.) Investment is becoming a chancy business.
sure, sound, certain, safe, secure, stable, reliable

Translations

chancy [ˈtʃɑːnsɪ] ADJ (chancier (compar) (chanciest (superl))) → arriesgado

chancy [ˈtʃɑːnsi] adj (= risky) → risqué(e)

chancy

adj (+er) (inf: = risky) → riskant

chancy chancey [ˈtʃɑːnsɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → rischioso/a