chancedadj.
/tʃɑːnst/, /tʃanst/, U.S. /tʃænst/ rare.
That has come about by chance; accidental.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adjective]
byc1050
casualc1374
fortuitc1374
fortunelc1374
fortunousc1374
causelessc1386
adventurousc1405
accidental1502
fortunable1509
happya1522
chanceable1549
occasional1569
accidentary1581
emergent1593
streave1598
contingent1604
happening1621
incidental1644
lucky1648
sporadical1654
temerarious1660
spontaneous1664
incidentarya1670
chance1676
antrin?1725
fortuitous1806
sporadic1821
windfall1845
chanced1853
blind1873
happenchance1905
happenstance1905
1853 T. N. Talfourd Castilian iv. i Left To learn, on chanced return, what dim report Had scarce suggested.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1853