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  • adjective superlative form of chancy: most chancy.

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Examples

  • Over the last six years, NIAC has backed 118 studies into the chanciest of propositions: interplanetary rapid transit , aircraft without moving parts , and radio signals bounced off of meteors' trails .

    NASA Funds Sci-Fi Technology 2004

  • This is the chanciest list of all, because most closers graduate to the role only after the preceding closer gets injured, traded or demoted to middle relief things that rarely are predictable.

    USATODAY.com - Developing pitchers and alternate closers 2002

  • Over the last six years, NIAC has backed 118 studies into the chanciest of propositions: interplanetary rapid transit , aircraft without moving parts , and radio signals bounced off of meteors' trails .

    NASA Funds Sci-Fi Technology 2004

  • Whatever the case, I hoped that Albert would have better luck, and was once again grateful that I was only part-owner of the boat, and not a real fisherman or farmer, the two chanciest professions that I knew of.

    Death on a Vineyard Beach Philip R.Craig 1996

  • Business -- just plain everyday business -- is the gamiest, chanciest, most thrilling line there is to-day, and I'm for it.

    Roast Beef, Medium Edna Ferber 1926

  • And I say all of you, 'she went on,' don't you think it's worth spending ALL the money, if there's even the chanciest chance of getting Father and

    The Story of the Amulet 1891

  • Gervais' chanciest gag - one, he quipped, that had been pre-proofed by lawyers - was at the expense of LA's Scientology community.

    The Guardian World News Tom Lamont 2011

  • Over the past several years, he's made his largest and chanciest investments in pitching, spending over $200 million on Josh Beckett

    SI.com 2010

  • However, being able to parlay activity into revenue has sat on a huge element of chance, and making money from advertising is one of the chanciest games there is.

    BNET Articles 2010

  • Q: What’s the “chanciest” book you’ve ever read and how did you feel about it?

    Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Lydia Joyce 2006

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