casual

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (9)

  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”Synonyms: insouciantnonchalant
  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”Synonyms: everydaydaily
  4. occurring or appearing or singled out by chance“seek help from casual passers-by”“a casual meeting”“a chance occurrence”Synonyms: 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”Synonyms: cursorypassing(a)perfunctory
  6. occurring from time to time“casual employment”“a casual correspondence with a former teacher”“an occasional worker”Synonyms: occasional
  7. characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility“a broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter”Synonyms: fooling
  8. natural and unstudied“using their Christian names in a casual way”“lectured in a free-and-easy style”Synonyms: free-and-easy
  9. not showing effort or strain“a difficult feat performed with casual mastery”“careless grace”Synonyms: effortless
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]


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]
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