chanceable

English

Etymology

From chance +‎ -able.

Adjective

chanceable (comparative more chanceable, superlative most chanceable)

  1. (obsolete) Happening by chance; accidental
    • 1595, Philip Sydney, An Apology for Poetry:
      And so far were they carried into the admiration thereof, that they thought in the chanceable hitting upon any such verses, great foretokens of their following fortunes were placed.

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