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dicey Definition

dicey ()

adjective

Chiefly Brit., Informal hazardous; risky; chancy

Etymology: dice + -y

dicey Usage Examples

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • look: It's all looking a bit dicey in the middle east at the moment.

Modifying Another Word

  • very: His post operation period has been very dicey requiring lots of care.
  • rather: They had apparently taken in some rather dicey ladders.
  • little: On top of Exmoor, the snow was two or three inches deep and the road conditions were a little dicey in places.

Used with adjective complement

  • look: Now, with things looking ever more dicey on the global front, there seem to be ever more ranters prepared to suspend reality.
  • get: I usually travel alone and, as a woman, it has sometimes gotten dicey.

Modifies a noun

  • business: Keeping together in the Move is often a dicey business.
  • race: Posted 4-Aug-2006 Fri 15:12 ] View Near Messages 3.15 is a dicey race.
  • proposition: Tho it can be relatively simple to establish a biotech company, creating a nexus of such start-ups is a much dicier proposition.
  • moment: Luckily, after a few dicey moments Lil, riding Lizzie's bike, soon got the hang of having to steer.
  • thing: Mark Boulton Thu 21st Apr 2005 at 7:10 pm Hanging any type element is a dicey thing at best.

Browse dictionary entries near dicey

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  7. dibs
  8. dibranchiate
  9. dibit
  10. dibbuk
  1. dich-
  2. dichasia
  3. dichasial cyme
  4. dichasium
  5. dichloride
  6. dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
  7. dicho-
  8. dichogamic
  9. dichogamous
  10. dichogamy