What is the meaning of chancy?

adjective

  • Of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk."an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog- New Yorker
  • Subject to accident or chance or change.
    • usage: "a chancy appeal at best"; "getting that job was definitely fluky"; "a fluky wind"; "an iffy proposition"
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