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casual
[ kazh-oo-uhl ]
adjective
- happening by chance; fortuitous:
a casual meeting.
Synonyms: incidental, unexpected
Antonyms: planned
- without definite or serious intention; careless or offhand; passing:
a casual remark.
- appropriate for wear or use on informal occasions; not dressy:
casual clothes; casual wear.
- seeming or tending to be indifferent to what is happening; relaxed; nonchalant:
a casual, unconcerned air.
- without emotional intimacy or commitment:
casual sex.
a casual visitor.
Synonyms: unpredictable, unconcerned, indifferent, apathetic, unceremonious, informal
a casual mishap.
- noting or relating to activities that do not require much skill or time commitment: Compare hard-core ( def 6 ).
casual gamers.
- Obsolete. uncertain.
noun
- a worker employed only irregularly.
- a soldier temporarily at a station or other place of duty, and usually en route to another station.
- Usually casuals. an article of clothing for casual wear.
- a person who does something only occasionally:
Most of our customers are casuals.
- Usually Disparaging. a person who plays video games that do not require much skill or time commitment.
casual
/ ˈkæʒjʊəl /
adjective
- happening by accident or chance
a casual meeting
- offhand; not premeditated
a casual remark
- shallow or superficial
a casual affair
- being or seeming unconcerned or apathetic
he assumed a casual attitude
- (esp of dress) for informal wear
a casual coat
- occasional or irregular
casual visits
a casual labourer
- biology another term for adventive
noun
- usually plural an informal article of clothing or footwear
- an occasional worker
- biology another term for an adventive
- usually plural a young man dressed in expensive casual clothes who goes to football matches in order to start fights
Derived Forms
- ˈcasually, adverb
- ˈcasualness, noun
Other Words From
- cas·u·al·ly adverb
- cas·u·al·ness noun
- o·ver·cas·u·al adjective
- o·ver·cas·u·al·ness noun
- ul·tra·cas·u·al adjective
- ul·tra·cas·u·al·ness noun
- un·cas·u·al adjective
- un·cas·u·al·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of casual1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
After four or five months of casual interaction, they realized they both had lost a young parent to cancer.
And it was such casual racism by people in the halls of power.
Oh, the heaven and hell wrought by the casual use of a pronoun.
He was not a man given to casual affectionate display; the moment was charged with emotion.
They “hook up” in a manner that makes the casual sex of the 1960s seem like an arranged marriage in Oman.
"I was just going to ask you if you all came through together," he observed, in a casual tone.
The intensity of this drama, however, being interior, caused little outward disturbance that casual onlookers need have noticed.
It was painfully evident to the most casual observer, that she had died of absolute starvation.
There must be something therefore in the bow, as well as in the violin, more than meets the eye of a casual observer.
A casual search of the bar and back room revealed both nearly empty, a natural condition just before dawn.
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