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chancy definition

chancy


 
  Grep  of  noun  chancy 
  trenchancy 
 
  Overview  of  adj  chancy 
 
  The  adj  chancy  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  chancy,  chanceful,  dicey,  dodgy  --  (of  uncertain  outcome;  especially  fraught  with  risk;  "an  extremely  dicey  future  on  a  brave  new  world  of  liquid  nitrogen,  tar,  and  smog"-  New  Yorker) 
  2.  chancy,  fluky,  flukey,  iffy  --  ((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") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  chancy 
 
  2  senses  of  chancy 
 
  Sense  1 
  chancy,  chanceful,  dicey,  dodgy 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  dangerous)  ->  safe 
 
  Sense  2 
  chancy,  fluky,  flukey,  iffy 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  uncertain)  ->  certain,  sure 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  chancy 
 
  2  senses  of  chancy 
 
  Sense  1 
  chancy,  chanceful,  dicey,  dodgy 
  =>  dangerous  (vs.  safe),  unsafe 
 
  Sense  2 
  chancy,  fluky,  flukey,  iffy 
  =>  uncertain  (vs.  certain) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  chancy 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  chancy 
 
  chancy  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  chancy 
  chancy 
 
  Overview  of  adj  chancy 
 
  The  adj  chancy  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  chancy,  chanceful,  dicey,  dodgy  --  (of  uncertain  outcome;  especially  fraught  with  risk;  "an  extremely  dicey  future  on  a  brave  new  world  of  liquid  nitrogen,  tar,  and  smog"-  New  Yorker) 
  2.  chancy,  fluky,  flukey,  iffy  --  ((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") 



chancy definition