chancefuladj.
/ˈtʃɑːnsfʊl//ˈtʃansfʊl/ 1. † b. Exposed to chance; risky, perilous. Obsolete.
a. Dependent on chance; casual, accidental. archaic.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adjective] > random or haphazard
uncertain1303
casualc1460
haphazard1576
roving1577
hazardous1585
chanceful1594
firmless1605
random1655
temerarious1660
aleatory1693
contingent1703
unlawed1789
by the way1846
chancy1860
fluky1880
hitty-missy1885
perchance1891
happenchance1905
happenstance1905
willy-nilly1933
1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits i. 9 This is a chauncefull case, and not placed in the choice of such as learne.
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. xvi. §2. 467 All which kindes howsoeuer they may seeme chancefull, are yet..directed by God.
1838 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth (ed. 2) 1st Ser. 249 Poetry is not an arbitrary and chanceful thing.
a1854 H. Reed Lect. Eng. Hist. (1855) v. 158 We can see, in what else seems so chanceful, the hand that turns the wheel of fortune.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > full of risk
adventurousa1375
jeopardous1451
jeopardious?1504
hazardous1549
venturous1570
hazardly1575
chanceful1591
unsafe1597
venturable1597
hazard1601
desperatea1616
hazardable1618
hazardful1626
discriminous1658
venturesome1661
precarious1727
riskful1793
risky1813
1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 98 In this aduentures chauncefull ieopardie.
1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xi. iv. 410 To say some-what in Gods defence from that chancefull rashnesse.
2. Full of chance or chances; eventful.
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the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [adjective] > eventful
eventfula1616
great-bellied1647
crowded1791
venturous1813
eventive1843
chanceful1849
fateful1886
incidented1898
1849 J. C. Hare Serm. Preacht Herstmonceux Church II. 192 We may soon be carried away from him by the chanceful stream of life.
1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas II. 48 I will..in plain speech my chanceful story tell.
1855 R. Browning In a Balcony iii We two lived A chanceful time in waiting for the prize.
Compounds
In combinations.
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1877 J. S. Blackie Wise Men Greece 221 Chanceful-falling dice.
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