chancewise

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adverb

By chance; at random.

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Meanings

adverbchancewise (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBy chance; at random.

    Both good and ill appear'd, without design, / To mingle, chancewise, in the scheme divine.

    1848, Humphry William Freeland, Poems, page 159

Origin

From chance + -wise.

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APA

chancewise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chancewise

MLA

“chancewise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chancewise. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chancewise,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chancewise.

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