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casual - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'casual' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Casual [ a.]
- Happening or coming to pass without design, and without being foreseen or expected; accidental; fortuitous; coming by chance.
- Coming without regularity; occasional; incidental; as, casual expenses.
2 . Casual [ n.]
- One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.

Meaning of 'casual' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . casual [ s]
Meaning (1):
- characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility
Example in sentence:
  • a broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter
Meaning (2):
- hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
Example in sentence:
  • a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws;
  • a passing glance;
  • In his paper, he showed a very superficial understanding of psychoanalytic theory;
  • perfunctory courtesy
Meaning (3):
- occurring on a temporary or irregular basis
Example in sentence:
  • a casual correspondence with a former teacher;
  • an occasional worker;
  • casual employment
Meaning (4):
- occurring or appearing or singled out by chance
Example in sentence:
  • a casual meeting;
  • a chance occurrence;
  • seek help from casual passers-by
Meaning (5):
- without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand
Example in sentence:
  • a casual remark;
  • information collected by casual methods and in their spare time
Meaning (6):
- not showing effort or strain
Example in sentence:
  • a difficult feat performed with casual mastery;
  • careless grace
Meaning (7):
- marked by blithe unconcern
Example in sentence:
  • an ability to interest casual students;
  • an elegantly insouciant manner;
  • an utterly insouciant financial policy;
  • drove his car with nonchalant abandon;
  • showed a casual disregard for cold weather;
  • was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner
Meaning (8):
- appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions
Example in sentence:
  • casual clothes;
  • everyday clothes
Meaning (9):
- natural and unstudied
Example in sentence:
  • lectured in a free-and-easy style;
  • using their Christian names in a casual way