"casual" in the adjective sense
1. casual, insouciant, nonchalant
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 teasing nonchalant manner"
2. casual
without or seeming to be without plan or method offhand
"a casual remark"
"information collected by casual methods and in their spare time"
3. casual, everyday, daily
appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions
"casual clothes"
"everyday clothes"
4. casual, chance
occurring or appearing or singled out by chance
"seek help from casual passers-by"
"a casual meeting"
"a chance occurrence"
5. casual, cursory, passing, perfunctory, superficial
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"
"In his paper, he showed a very superficial understanding of psychoanalytic theory"
6. casual, occasional
occurring on a temporary or irregular basis
"casual employment"
"a casual correspondence with a former teacher"
"an occasional worker"
7. fooling, casual
characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility it is no fooling matter"
"a broken back is nothing to be casual about
8. free-and-easy, casual
natural and unstudied
"using their Christian names in a casual way"
"lectured in a free-and-easy style"
9. casual, effortless
not showing effort or strain
"a difficult feat performed with casual mastery"
"careless grace"
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