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flukiness

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fluk⋅y

  [floo-kee]
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–adjective, fluk⋅i⋅er, fluk⋅i⋅est.
1. obtained by chance rather than skill.
2. uncertain, as a wind.
Origin:
1865–70; fluke 2 + y1

Related forms:
fluk⋅i⋅ness, noun
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fluk·y also fluk·ey   (flōō'kē)   
adj.   fluk·i·er, fluk·i·est

  1. Resulting from or depending on mere chance.

  2. Constantly shifting; uncertain: a fluky wind.


[From fluke3.]
fluk'i·ly adv., fluk'i·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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