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Definition of Chanciness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chanciness
Literary usage of Chanciness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1885)
"... and quite unwarrantable chanciness, which has so often interfered with the
destiny of men and of nations, was strong upon the poor Colonel's mind at ..."
2. The Conquest of the Great Northwest: Being the Story of the Adventurers of by Agnes Christina Laut (1908)
"But the chanciness of human fortune did not cease because of this stroke of good
luck. The great merchants of the Netherlands heard his plans. ..."
3. The Conquest of the Great Northwest by Agnes Christina Laut (1908)
"But the chanciness of human fortune did not cease because of this stroke of good
luck. The great merchants of the Netherlands heard his plans. ..."
4. The Conquest of the Great Northwest by Agnes Christina Laut (1908)
"But the chanciness of human fortune did not cease because of this stroke of good
luck. The great merchants of the Netherlands heard his plans. ..."
5. The Silk Weaver by Gabrielle Warnock (1999)
"... the house of his enemy; his enemy was dead; the hand of his enemy's widow was
on his neck. Letitia began to laugh at the perilous chanciness of events. ..."
6. Make a Difference: A Spectacular Breakthrough in the Fight Against Poverty by Gary MacDougal (2005)
"The chanciness of these life choices and their profound implications have stayed
with me over the years. What about a person from neighborhoods where not ..."
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