Definition
Meaning of 'casual'
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. [ a.]- 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. [ n.]Meaning of 'casual' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. casual [ s]
[ s]Meaning (1):
- characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility
- 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
- 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):
- without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand
- 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 (4):
- not showing effort or strain
- not showing effort or strain
Example in sentence:
- a difficult feat performed with casual mastery;
- careless grace
Meaning (5):
- marked by blithe unconcern
- 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 (6):
- appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions
- appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions
Example in sentence:
- casual clothes;
- everyday clothes
Meaning (7):
- occurring on a temporary or irregular basis
- occurring on a temporary or irregular basis
Example in sentence:
- a casual correspondence with a former teacher;
- an occasional worker;
- casual employment
Meaning (8):
- occurring or appearing or singled out by chance
- occurring or appearing or singled out by chance
Example in sentence:
- a casual meeting;
- a chance occurrence;
- seek help from casual passers-by
Meaning (9):
- natural and unstudied
- natural and unstudied
Example in sentence:
- lectured in a free-and-easy style;
- using their Christian names in a casual way
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