"chancy" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From chance + -y.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "chancier",
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      "form": "chanciest",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "1960 April, G. F. Fiennes, “Unpunctuality - the cause and the cure”, in Trains Illustrated, page 244",
          "text": "In winter steam contributes a fairly high proportion of its tractive effort, say 15 per cent, to heating the train. Diesels have at the moment separate oil-fired boilers which are somewhat chancy affairs, and only electric locomotives grab unlimited power for heating which does not affect their punctuality.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1984, Ric Ocasek, “You Might Think”, in Heartbeat City, performed by The Cars",
          "text": "You might think it's foolish / This chancy rendezvous / (You might think) You might think I'm crazy / (All I want) All I want is you",
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        }
      ],
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        "Uncertain; risky; hazardous."
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
          "sense": "risky",
          "word": "dicey"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
          "sense": "risky",
          "word": "iffy"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nesiguren",
          "sense": "uncertain",
          "word": "несигурен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
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          "roman": "riskovan",
          "sense": "uncertain",
          "word": "рискован"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "uncertain",
          "word": "nejistý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "uncertain",
          "word": "riskantní"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "uncertain",
          "word": "hasardeux"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "uncertain",
          "word": "incierto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "uncertain",
          "word": "arriesgado"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Subject to chance; random."
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          "chance",
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          "random",
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 6",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "subject to chance",
          "word": "aléatoire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "subject to chance",
          "word": "aleatorio"
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      "glosses": [
        "Lucky; bringing good luck."
      ],
      "id": "en-chancy-en-adj-xBkxUu5Q",
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        [
          "Lucky",
          "lucky"
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          "bring",
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          "good luck",
          "good luck"
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        "(dated, colloquial) Lucky; bringing good luck."
      ],
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ænsi"
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  "word": "chancy"
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      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From chance + -y.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chancier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chanciest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
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          "ref": "1960 April, G. F. Fiennes, “Unpunctuality - the cause and the cure”, in Trains Illustrated, page 244",
          "text": "In winter steam contributes a fairly high proportion of its tractive effort, say 15 per cent, to heating the train. Diesels have at the moment separate oil-fired boilers which are somewhat chancy affairs, and only electric locomotives grab unlimited power for heating which does not affect their punctuality.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1984, Ric Ocasek, “You Might Think”, in Heartbeat City, performed by The Cars",
          "text": "You might think it's foolish / This chancy rendezvous / (You might think) You might think I'm crazy / (All I want) All I want is you",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Uncertain; risky; hazardous."
      ],
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          "risky",
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        "Subject to chance; random."
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        "Lucky; bringing good luck."
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          "bring",
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        "(dated, colloquial) Lucky; bringing good luck."
      ],
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  "sounds": [
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "risky",
      "word": "dicey"
    },
    {
      "sense": "risky",
      "word": "iffy"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nesiguren",
      "sense": "uncertain",
      "word": "несигурен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "riskovan",
      "sense": "uncertain",
      "word": "рискован"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "uncertain",
      "word": "nejistý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "uncertain",
      "word": "riskantní"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "uncertain",
      "word": "hasardeux"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "uncertain",
      "word": "incierto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "uncertain",
      "word": "arriesgado"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "subject to chance",
      "word": "aléatoire"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "subject to chance",
      "word": "aleatorio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chancy"
}