Synonyms for chancy
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : chan-see, chahn- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtʃæn si, ˈtʃɑn- |
Top 10 synonyms for chancy Other synonyms for the word chancy
Définition of chancy
Origin :- 1510s, "lucky, foreboding good fortune," from chance (n.) + -y (2). Meaning "uncertain, subject to risk" is recorded from 1860. The possible sense "full of opportunity" seems to have been used regularly only in cricket (1875).
- adj dangerous, risky
- The struggle for life was difficult and chancy in the islands in those days.
- Extract from : « Following the Equator, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- Hopalong smiled, turned to Buck and related his conversation with Chancy.
- Extract from : « Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up » by Clarence Edward Mulford
- Hugh de Moreville is a man whom it is not chancy to meddle with.
- Extract from : « Runnymede and Lincoln Fair » by J.G. Edgar
- To get a light in this way was the most chancy thing in the world.
- Extract from : « Summer Days in Shakespeare Land » by Charles G. Harper
- A dark road, pitted with shell holes and slimy with mud, is chancy.
- Extract from : « Golden Lads » by Arthur Gleason and Helen Hayes Gleason
- You know what a hazardous, chancy, short-lived thing is the fashion of a woman.
- Extract from : « Phineas Redux » by Anthony Trollope
- Matron Kowalski on night duty had a habit of turning that light off and on at chancy intervals after midnight.
- Extract from : « The Trial of Callista Blake » by Edgar Pangborn
- Next comes anywhere in the barrel forward of the short ribs--a chancy proceeding, and one leading to long chases.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- It was a chancy plan at best, and would probably break down long before any visit could be made to the city.
- Extract from : « The Ethical Engineer » by Henry Maxwell Dempsey
- It might be chancy, opening that door; so he peered through a narrow crack at first, listening intently.
- Extract from : « Merton of the Movies » by Harry Leon Wilson
Antonyms for chancy
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019