CHANCEFUL

chancy, chanceful, dicey, dodgy

(adjective) of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk; “an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog”- New Yorker

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

chanceful (comparative more chanceful, superlative most chanceful)

(obsolete) hazardous

Source: Wiktionary


Chance"ful, a.

Definition: Hazardous. [Obs.] Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

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