Chancefully
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 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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