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chanceful, a.|ˈtʃɑːnsfʊl, -æ-|
[f. chance n. + -ful; cf. the earlier chancefully.]
1. Dependent on chance; casual, accidental. arch.
1594Carew Huarte's Exam. Wits (1616) 9 This is a chauncefull case, and not placed in the choice of such as learne. 1641Raleigh Hist. World ii. 395 All which kinds, howsoever they may seem chancefull, are yet..directed by God. 1827Hare Guesses (1859) 189 Poetry is not an arbitrary and chanceful thing. 1855H. Reed Lect. Eng. Hist. v. 158 We can see, in what else seems so chanceful, the hand that turns the wheel of fortune.
†b. Exposed to chance; risky, perilous. Obs.
1591Spenser M. Hubberd 98 In this aduentures chauncefull ieopardie. 1610Healey City of God 410 To say somewhat in Gods defence from that chancefull rashnesse.
2. Full of chance or chances; eventful.
1849Hare Par. Serm. II. 192 We may soon be carried away from him by the chanceful stream of life. 1850Blackie æschylus II. 48, I will..in plain speech my chancefull story tell. 1855Browning In a Balcony iii, We two lived A chanceful time in waiting for the prize.
3. In comb.
1877Blackie Wise Men 221 Chanceful-falling dice. |