adjective
- involving risk or uncertainty; risky or unpredictable
Usage: informal
Examples
- Starting a business during a recession is a chancy proposition.
- The weather looks chancy for our outdoor wedding.
- It’s chancy to drive on those icy mountain roads.
- Investing all your money in one stock is pretty chancy.
- The old bridge looked chancy, so we took the long way around.
- His chancy driving made everyone nervous.