casual

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casual Definition

• (s) 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 teasi
• (s) without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand; "a casual remark"; "information collected by casual methods and in their spare time"
• (s) suited for everyday use; "casual clothes"; "everyday clothes"
• (s) 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"
• (s) 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"
• (s) employed in a specified capacity from time to time; "casual employment"; "a casual correspondence with a former teacher"; "an occasional worker"
• (s) characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility; "a broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter"
• (s) natural and unstudied; "using their Christian names in a casual way"; "lectured in a free-and-easy style"
• (s) not showing effort or strain; "a difficult feat performed with casual mastery"; "careless grace"

casual Synonyms

• accidental
• casual
• chance(a)
• cursory
• effortless
• everyday
• fooling
• free-and-easy
• insouciant
• nonchalant
• occasional
• passing(a)
• perfunctory