Chancy is an English word with synonyms like dicey or dodgy. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Chancy in a sentence
Chancy meaning
- Uncertain; risky; hazardous.
- Subject to chance; random.
- Lucky; bringing good luck.
Using Chancy
- The main meaning on this page is: Uncertain; risky; hazardous. | Subject to chance; random. | Lucky; bringing good luck.
- Useful related words include: chanceful, dicey, dodgy, dangerous.
Context around Chancy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 4 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Chancy
- In this selection, "chancy" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, client, lawyer, stephenson, magumbo, gondwe and remembers stand out and add context to how "chancy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include adolescent client chancy magumbo and and bowling on chancy pitches and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "chancy" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with chancy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Nena Chancy said much of what sees on the left is worrisome. (12 words)
The account, written by Périer, reads: The weather was chancy last Saturday. (12 words)
Chancy was raised in Haiti and Canada and now resides in the United States. (14 words)
Pan Am exhibited a giant globe that emphasized the notion that we had come to be able to think of distances between major world cities in hours and minutes rather than in terms of chancy voyages over great distances. (39 words)
Quote: “Auden, Rilke’s most influential English disciple, frequently paid homage to him, as in these lines which tell of the Elegies and of their difficult and chancy genesis.. (29 words)
Playfair went on to say how Grace had "pulverised fast bowling on chancy pitches" and had then "astonished the world" by his deeds during the 1895 "Indian Summer". (28 words)
Example sentences (13)
Mentor Mother—Martha, with her adolescent client—Chancy Magumbo and his grandmother, after a follow-up visit to Chancy’s home.
And I think the people at the very top of the Southern Baptist Convention knew that it was very chancy to take on Disney.
In a response to our questionnaire Khato lawyer Chancy Gondwe signalled that the injunction was not immediately dismissed.
Chancy was raised in Haiti and Canada and now resides in the United States.
Stephenson Chancy remembers his first interview after landing in Canada, when he solemnly told reporters his generation would take responsibility for rebuilding Haiti.
In other news, Vice Chairman Mark A. Chancy sold 20,973 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, July 22nd.
Ndirande Market Chairperson, Chancy Widoni, applauded CWO in the Archdiocese of Blantyre for cleaning the market saying they have helped business operators to have a clean environment.
His ball drops into the box and for a second things look chancy, but it’s cleared.
Nena Chancy said much of what sees on the left is worrisome.
Pan Am exhibited a giant globe that emphasized the notion that we had come to be able to think of distances between major world cities in hours and minutes rather than in terms of chancy voyages over great distances.
Playfair went on to say how Grace had "pulverised fast bowling on chancy pitches" and had then "astonished the world" by his deeds during the 1895 "Indian Summer".
Quote: “Auden, Rilke’s most influential English disciple, frequently paid homage to him, as in these lines which tell of the Elegies and of their difficult and chancy genesis..
The account, written by Périer, reads: The weather was chancy last Saturday.