† chancelyadv.
Obsolete.
By chance, accidentally, haply.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adverb]
feringc1000
feringlya1300
by casec1300
chancefully1303
lotc1325
peradventurec1325
of chance1330
happilya1375
in hapa1375
upon hapsa1375
casuallyc1384
perchancec1387
chancely1389
by fortune1390
haplyc1390
by (also of) adventurea1393
percasea1393
adventurelyc1400
percase1402
accidently?a1425
adventurously1440
by (good, lucky, etc.) hap?a1450
accidentally1528
chanceably1559
bechance1569
chance1595
casual-wise1601
accidental1622
occasionally1622
fortuitouslya1652
contingently1668
by chance1669
chanceable1709
per-hazard1788
chance-wise1844
1389 Eng. Gilds (1870) 4 Þt eny debat chaunselich falle among eny of hem.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 778 & he ful chauncely hatȝ chosen to þe chef gate.
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