CHANCEFUL Definition & Meaning

chanceful

[ chans-fuhl, chahns- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

full of chance or chances.
Archaic.
1. dependent on chance.
2. risky.

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

��󲹲Գ��f�ܱ�·�� adverb

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of chanceful¹

First recorded in 1585–95; chance + -ful

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The trapper reviles him when he finds him in his mink trap, for all the beauty of his ermine a worthless prize drawn in this chanceful lottery.

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None the less, his brain was busy with the chanceful possibilities.

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Looking back upon it in after-years in the light of a chanceful life, he determined, with the characteristic philosophy of his profession, that it must have been fate.

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