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Definition of 'casual'

Adjective

  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: 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. suited for everyday use; "casual clothes"; "everyday clothes"
       Synonyms: everyday
  4. occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "their accidental meeting led to a renewal of their friendship"; "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence"
       Synonyms: accidental chance
  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: cursory passing perfunctory
  6. occuring 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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