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Definition of Chanceful
1. Adjective. Of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk. "An extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"
Definition of Chanceful
1. a. Hazardous.
Definition of Chanceful
1. Adjective. (obsolete) hazardous ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chanceful
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chanceful
Literary usage of Chanceful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Master of Appleby: A Novel Concerning Itself in Part with the Great by Francis Lynde (1902)
"... XXXIII ^N WHICH I HEAR chanceful TIDINGS /ou are not to suppose that the
hazards of this hiding place in my Lord Cornwallis's headquarters would keep me ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly (1874)
"... paintings, and even cabinet specimens, fail to give a true and full impression
of the vivid and chanceful tints, like the flashings of the ruby, ..."
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