chancely

English

Etymology

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

Adverb

chancely (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) By chance.
    • 1894, George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates, Temple Bar, volume 103, page 248:
      But by the grace of Almighty Creator I found chancely such a wife in the wilderness, […]
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