Chancely

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    By chance. archaic, not-comparable

    "But by the grace of Almighty Creator I found chancely such a wife in the wilderness, […]"

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"But by the grace of Almighty Creator I found chancely such a wife in the wilderness, […]"

Etymology

From Middle English chauncely, chaunselich, equivalent to chance + -ly.

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