FLUKEY

chancy, fluky, flukey, iffy

(adjective) subject to accident or chance or change; “a chancy appeal at best”; “getting that job was definitely fluky”; “a fluky wind”; “an iffy proposition”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

flukey (comparative more flukey, superlative most flukey)

lucky

unstable, prone to rapid and unpredictable changes

Synonyms

• (lucky): jammy

Source: Wiktionary



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24 December 2024

INTUITIVELY

(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”


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