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| 1. | [ adjective ] marked by blithe unconcern | |
| Synonyms: | nonchalant insouciant | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | unconcerned | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] suited for everyday use | |
| Synonyms: | everyday | |
| Examples: | "casual clothes" "everyday clothes" |
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| Related terms: | informal | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand | |
| Examples: | "a casual remark" "information collected by casual methods and in their spare time" |
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| Related terms: | unplanned | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] occurring or appearing or singled out by chance | |
| Synonyms: | chance accidental | |
| Examples: | "their accidental meeting led to a renewal of their friendship" "seek help from casual passers-by" "a casual meeting" "a chance occurrence" |
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| Related terms: | unplanned | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough | |
| Synonyms: | cursory perfunctory passing | |
| Examples: | "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws" "a passing glance" "perfunctory courtesy" |
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| Related terms: | careless | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] employed in a specified capacity from time to time | |
| Synonyms: | occasional | |
| Examples: | "casual employment" "a casual correspondence with a former teacher" "an occasional worker" |
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| Related terms: | irregular | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] natural and unstudied | |
| Synonyms: | free-and-easy | |
| Examples: | "using their Christian names in a casual way" "lectured in a free-and-easy style" |
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| Related terms: | informal | |
| 8. | [ adjective ] natural and unstudied | |
| Synonyms: | free-and-easy familiar | |
| Examples: | "using their Christian names in a casual way" "lectured in a free-and-easy style" |
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| Related terms: | informal | |
| 9. | [ adjective ] characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility | |
| Synonyms: | fooling | |
| Examples: | "a broken back is nothing to be casual about it is no fooling matter" |
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| Related terms: | light | |
| 10. | [ adjective ] not showing effort or strain | |
| Synonyms: | effortless | |
| Examples: | "a difficult feat performed with casual mastery" "careless grace" |
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| Related terms: | easy | |
| Similar spelling: |
casually causal causally Cassel Casali Casale caecal Cassell Cacalia Cassella Cagle |
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