Involving chance or risk; uncertain and risky; depending on luck rather than being predictable.
From chance + -y (adjective suffix); an informal variant or spelling of 'chancy,' developed from Middle English chance.
Both chancey and chancy coexist in English, showing how language tolerates variant spellings for informal words—formal chancery vs. casual chancey/chancy!
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