Meanings
adverbchancely (not comparable)
- archaicnot comparableBy chance.
But by the grace of Almighty Creator I found chancely such a wife in the wilderness, […]
1894, George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates, Temple Bar, volume 103, page 248
Origin
- Middle Englishchauncely
- Englishchancely
From Middle English chauncely, chaunselich, equivalent to chance + -ly.
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chancely. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chancely
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“chancely.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chancely. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chancely,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chancely.
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