chancy English

Meaning chancy meaning

What does chancy mean?

chancy

— adjective (= dicey) of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog — New Yorker

— adjective (= fluky, iffy) subject to accident or chance or change a chancy appeal at best getting that job was definitely fluky a fluky wind an iffy proposition

Synonyms chancy synonyms

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risky

iffy

fluky

flukey

dodgy

dicey

uncertain

haphazard

chanceful

unverifiable

unsure

unreliable

unobjective

unguaranteed

unfixed

unestablished

undependable

undecided

unassured

unassertive

touch-and-go

random

precarious

perilous

periculous

parlous

on thin ice

insecure

infirm

incertain

hazardous

harzardous

floating

favourable

faltering

equivocal

doubtful

diffident

debatable

dangerous

auspicious