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English to English adjective
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Happening or coming to pass without design, and without being foreseen or expected; accidental; fortuitous; coming by chance. | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
| 2 |
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
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without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand |
• a casual remark
• information collected by casual methods and in their spare time
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appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions |
• casual clothes
• everyday clothes
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occurring or appearing or singled out by chance |
• seek help from casual passers-by
• a casual meeting
• a chance occurrence
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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
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occurring from time to time |
• casual employment
• a casual correspondence with a former teacher
• an occasional worker
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characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility |
• a broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter
source: wordnet30 Example:
• using their Christian names in a casual way
• lectured in a free-and-easy style
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not showing effort or strain |
• a difficult feat performed with casual mastery
• careless grace
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One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant. | source: webster1913
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