Chancefully

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    by chance or coincidence

    "Would it not be wiser, even more manly, for him twice her years — to leave her alone with her secret, and so pass out of her innocent young life as chancefully as he had entered it?"

Example

More examples

"Would it not be wiser, even more manly, for him twice her years — to leave her alone with her secret, and so pass out of her innocent young life as chancefully as he had entered it?"

Etymology

From Middle English chaunsfullyche, equivalent to chanceful + -ly.

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