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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (9)

1. marked by blithe unconcern;
- Example: "an ability to interest casual students"
- Example: "showed a casual disregard for cold weather"
- Example: "an utterly insouciant financial policy"
- Example: "an elegantly insouciant manner"
- Example: "drove his car with nonchalant abandon"
- Example: "was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner"
[syn: casual, insouciant, nonchalant]

2. without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand;
- Example: "a casual remark"
- Example: "information collected by casual methods and in their spare time"

3. appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions;
- Example: "casual clothes"
- Example: "everyday clothes"
[syn: casual, everyday, daily]

4. occurring or appearing or singled out by chance;
- Example: "seek help from casual passers-by"
- Example: "a casual meeting"
- Example: "a chance occurrence"
[syn: casual, chance(a)]

5. hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough;
- Example: "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"
- Example: "a passing glance"
- Example: "perfunctory courtesy"
[syn: casual, cursory, passing(a), perfunctory]

6. occurring from time to time;
- Example: "casual employment"
- Example: "a casual correspondence with a former teacher"
- Example: "an occasional worker"
[syn: casual, occasional]

7. characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility;
- Example: "a broken back is nothing to be casual about it is no fooling matter";
[syn: fooling, casual]

8. natural and unstudied;
- Example: "using their Christian names in a casual way"
- Example: "lectured in a free-and-easy style"
[syn: free-and-easy, casual]

9. not showing effort or strain;
- Example: "a difficult feat performed with casual mastery"
- Example: "careless grace"
[syn: casual, effortless]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Casual \Cas"u*al\, a. [OE. casuel, F. casuel, fr. L. casualis,
   fr. casus fall, accident, fr. cadere to fall. See Case.]
   1. Happening or coming to pass without design, and without
      being foreseen or expected; accidental; fortuitous; coming
      by chance.
      [1913 Webster]

            Casual breaks, in the general system. --W. Irving.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Coming without regularity; occasional; incidental; as,
      casual expenses.
      [1913 Webster]

            A constant habit, rather than a casual gesture.
                                                  --Hawthorne.

   Syn: Accidental; fortutious; incidental; occasional;
        contingent; unforeseen. See Accidental.
        [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Casual \Cas"u*al\, n.
   One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he
   does not belong; a vagrant.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

casual
    adj 1: marked by blithe unconcern; "an ability to interest
           casual students"; "showed a casual disregard for cold
           weather"; "an utterly insouciant financial policy"; "an
           elegantly insouciant manner"; "drove his car with
           nonchalant abandon"; "was polite in a teasing nonchalant
           manner" [syn: casual, insouciant, nonchalant]
    2: without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand; "a
       casual remark"; "information collected by casual methods and
       in their spare time"
    3: appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions; "casual
       clothes"; "everyday clothes" [syn: casual, everyday,
       daily]
    4: occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "seek help
       from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance
       occurrence" [syn: casual, chance(a)]
    5: hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; "a
       casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's
       structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy"
       [syn: casual, cursory, passing(a), perfunctory]
    6: occurring from time to time; "casual employment"; "a casual
       correspondence with a former teacher"; "an occasional worker"
       [syn: casual, occasional]
    7: characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility; "a broken
       back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter"
       [syn: fooling, casual]
    8: natural and unstudied; "using their Christian names in a
       casual way"; "lectured in a free-and-easy style" [syn: free-
       and-easy, casual]
    9: not showing effort or strain; "a difficult feat performed
       with casual mastery"; "careless grace" [syn: casual,
       effortless]